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It is the result of such a way of life that the ideal of freedom is inapplicable to matters upon which there is urgent difference of opinion between the rulers and their subjects.
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Harold J. Laski
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Laski argues that differing opinions between rulers and subjects hinder the application of freedom.
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Its eldest child is charity, and without it there can be no honesty of opinion.
The case for the view that freedom of thought and speech is a good in itself is fairly easy to make.
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