Any society, in fact, the fruits of whose economic operations are unequally distributed will be compelled to deny freedom as the law of its being; and the same will be true of any society in process of forcible transition from one way of life to another.
Laski argues that economic inequality inherently denies freedom within society.
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When I obey the state, I obey the best part of myself.
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