We have to assume, further, that they do not desire to force their particular way of life upon others; for some single realm of conduct, like the realm of marriage, they desire that they shall be left free from interference by the organized power of society.
Laski discusses the importance of individual freedom in personal matters without societal interference.
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The revolutionary spirit, in fact, was as much the product of the past as the very institutions it came to condemn.
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