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We are free, it is said, not for ourselves but for the society which gives us meaning.
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Harold J. Laski
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gutenberg.orgHarold J. Laski: “We are free, it is said, not for ourselves but for the society which gives us meaning.”
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This quote reflects Laski's belief that individual freedom is ultimately for the benefit of society as a whole.
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The theory of a state of nature, with the rights therein implied, is the contribution, through Stoicism, of the Roman lawyers, and the great medieval contrast to Aristotle's experimentalism.
The State has power only for the protection of natural law.
If he stands alone, he has neither the knowledge nor the power to secure for himself proper protection.
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