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Harold J. Laski: “The more fully, therefore, I serve it, the more fully do I express myself.”

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The more fully, therefore, I serve it, the more fully do I express myself.
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Harold J. Laski

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This quote reflects Laski's belief in the relationship between individual service and self-expression within the state.

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