It is the victim of a process of valuation the purpose of which is to prevent, so far as possible, an alteration of the status quo; and, mutatis mutandis, this is true of all claims which seek alteration in a significant degree.
Laski argues that societal structures are designed to maintain the status quo, hindering significant change.
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He realized that freedom is born of a certain spontaneity for which the rigid lines of doctrinaire thinkers left no room.
If the American colonies want to go, let them by all means cut adrift.
There are realms of conduct within which, to be free, I must be permitted to act as I please; to be denied self-expression there, is to be denied freedom.
Its eldest child is charity, and without it there can be no honesty of opinion.
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