Harold J. Laski: “I cannot pass my life adjusting my conduct to standards and habits…”

On the record

I cannot pass my life adjusting my conduct to standards and habits which represent the experiments of other people.

Said by

Harold J. Laski

Source

He asserts that one should not have to conform to the standards set by others, as it stifles individuality.

More from Harold J. Laski

It is an attempt to give each man as similar a chance as possible to utilize what powers he may possess.

The State has power only for the protection of natural law.

But if the Church is not a supernatural institution, what is its nature?

Liberty means self-government, and self-government means the right of every man to be his own legislator.

Other voices in this conversation

Harold J. Laski: “I cannot pass my life adjusting my conduct to standards and habits which represent the experiments of other people.”