On the record
They search for freedom for no other end but this.
Said by
Harold J. Laski
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gutenberg.orgThey search for freedom for no other end but this.
Laski asserts that the pursuit of freedom is inherently tied to the quest for equality.
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Ultimately, that denial is always made upon the same ground: it is insisted that the doctrines or practices attacked are subversive of the civil order.
Each age makes some idol in its own image and sacrifices upon its altar the freedom of those who refuse it worship.
To deny novelty or grievance a right of expression is a certain, if, indeed, an ultimate, validation of the truth they contain.
He is able, accordingly, to indulge in the twofold luxury not only of preserving his own authority, but also of assisting the persons attacked to enter, if they so choose, the way of truth.