Harold J. Laski: “Certain principles, freedom of speech, protection from arbitrary…”

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Certain principles, freedom of speech, protection from arbitrary arrest, and the like, are regarded as especially sacred.

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Harold J. Laski

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Laski identifies certain fundamental rights as essential to freedom.

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