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To fight for the assurance that a man may do his duty as he conceives it is not only to fight for freedom, but for all the ends which the emancipation of mankind seeks to attain.
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Harold J. Laski
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gutenberg.orgHarold J. Laski: “To fight for the assurance that a man may do his duty as he conceives it is not only to fight for freedom, but for all…”
Editor's note · Context
Laski believes that fighting for one's duty is intrinsically linked to the broader struggle for freedom.
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