Harold J. Laski: “It implies power to expand, the choice by the individual of his own…”

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It implies power to expand, the choice by the individual of his own way of life without imposed prohibitions from without.

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Harold J. Laski

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Laski argues that true liberty allows individuals to choose their own way of life without external prohibitions.

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