Harold J. Laski: “We know that if his Church issues an order to him of which he…”

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We know that if his Church issues an order to him of which he disapproves, he can leave his church; so, too, with all other bodies save the state.

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Harold J. Laski

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Laski illustrates the difference between leaving voluntary associations and the inescapability of state membership.

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I can see no justice in such a denial of freedom.

How could it seek security where it defied the desires of the vast majority of its subjects?

It is an attempt to give each man as similar a chance as possible to utilize what powers he may possess.

Every religious body really means by blasphemy an attack upon its fundamental principles.

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Harold J. Laski: “We know that if his Church issues an order to him of which he disapproves, he can leave his church; so, too, with all…”