The lives of the few are too remote from the lives of the many for disagreement about social questions to be possible in terms of peace, if the ultimate organization of the society is not to be changed.
Laski points out that the disconnect between the privileged and the underprivileged leads to social conflict unless societal structures are reformed.
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The essence of the persecuting position is always that the persecutor has hold of truth and that he would betray its service by allowing it to be questioned.
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We grant it in religion to deny it in politics; we grant it in politics, to deny it in economic matters.
To deny novelty or grievance a right of expression is a certain, if, indeed, an ultimate, validation of the truth they contain.
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