I shall seek to show, first, that liberty of thought and association--the two things are inextricably intertwined--is good in itself, and second, that its denial is always a means to the preservation of some special and, usually, sinister interest which cannot maintain itself in an atmosphere of freedom.
Laski argues that liberty of thought and association is inherently valuable and its denial serves sinister interests.
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I can see no justice in such a denial of freedom.
The main thing was to be rid of the Divine Right of kings.
Man is a one among many obstinately refusing reduction to unity.
How could it seek security where it defied the desires of the vast majority of its subjects?
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