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Now it is, I think, unquestionable that in an unequal society, the effort of ordinary men to attain the condition we call happiness is hampered at every turn.
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Harold J. Laski
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Laski asserts that in an unequal society, the pursuit of happiness for ordinary people is consistently obstructed.
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