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They are free when the rules under which they live leave them without a sense of frustration in realms they deem significant.
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Harold J. Laski
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gutenberg.orgHarold J. Laski: “They are free when the rules under which they live leave them without a sense of frustration in realms they deem…”
Editor's note · Context
Laski posits that true freedom is achieved when societal rules do not create feelings of frustration.
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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.
To deny novelty or grievance a right of expression is a certain, if, indeed, an ultimate, validation of the truth they contain.
When attacks on liberty are political or economic, it is their motive rather than their nature that changes.
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