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Those of whom I speak had no excuse save ignorant prejudice and the blindness of passion.
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Harold J. Laski
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gutenberg.orgHarold J. Laski: “Those of whom I speak had no excuse save ignorant prejudice and the blindness of passion.”
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Laski critiques those who act out of ignorance and passion, highlighting the need for rationality.
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Ultimately, that denial is always made upon the same ground: it is insisted that the doctrines or practices attacked are subversive of the civil order.
We grant toleration in one part of the field only to deny it in another.
It has been the historic character of persecution always to degrade the persecutor and to strengthen the persecuted by drawing attention to their claims.
We grant it in religion to deny it in politics; we grant it in politics, to deny it in economic matters.
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