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A lie was a lie whether its victim be black or white.
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Harold J. Laski
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gutenberg.orgA lie was a lie whether its victim be black or white.
This statement underscores Laski's belief in the universality of truth and justice, regardless of race.
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Each age finds that the incidence of freedom is significant at some special point, and there, once more, the lesson of freedom has to be learned.
We grant it in religion to deny it in politics; we grant it in politics, to deny it in economic matters.
To deny novelty or grievance a right of expression is a certain, if, indeed, an ultimate, validation of the truth they contain.
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