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The rightness of this attitude admits of proof in terms of the double tradition to which Adam Smith gave birth.
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Harold J. Laski
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gutenberg.orgHarold J. Laski: “The rightness of this attitude admits of proof in terms of the double tradition to which Adam Smith gave birth.”
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This statement underscores the significance of Adam Smith's contributions to political economy and its implications.
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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.
To deny novelty or grievance a right of expression is a certain, if, indeed, an ultimate, validation of the truth they contain.
It has been the historic character of persecution always to degrade the persecutor and to strengthen the persecuted by drawing attention to their claims.
The essence of the persecuting position is always that the persecutor has hold of truth and that he would betray its service by allowing it to be questioned.
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