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Any government which attacks a body organized to promote some set of opinions which may become dangerous to its safety may fairly be presumed to have something to conceal.
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Harold J. Laski
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gutenberg.orgEditor's note · Context
This quote implies that governments attacking dissenting opinions may have ulterior motives, indicating a lack of transparency.
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