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But perverse, foolish, ignorant, it is the only guide we have.
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Harold J. Laski
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gutenberg.orgHarold J. Laski: “But perverse, foolish, ignorant, it is the only guide we have.”
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Despite its flaws, Laski argues that conscience remains the only guide available to individuals.
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He is able, accordingly, to indulge in the twofold luxury not only of preserving his own authority, but also of assisting the persons attacked to enter, if they so choose, the way of truth.
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.
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.
It has been the historic character of persecution always to degrade the persecutor and to strengthen the persecuted by drawing attention to their claims.
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