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Harold J. Laski: “In any state, therefore, where liberty is to move to its appointed end, it is important that there should be equality.”

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In any state, therefore, where liberty is to move to its appointed end, it is important that there should be equality.
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Harold J. Laski

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He emphasizes the necessity of equality for the realization of liberty in any state.

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