Where, indeed, opinions destructive of the State are entertained or a party subversive of peace makes its appearance, the magistrate has the right of suppression; though in the latter case force is the worst and last of remedies.
Laski discusses the limits of state power in suppressing opinions that threaten peace.
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Each age makes some idol in its own image and sacrifices upon its altar the freedom of those who refuse it worship.
We grant toleration in one part of the field only to deny it in another.
The essence of the persecuting position is always that the persecutor has hold of truth and that he would betray its service by allowing it to be questioned.
It has been the historic character of persecution always to degrade the persecutor and to strengthen the persecuted by drawing attention to their claims.
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