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Harold J. Laski: “Equality, so regarded, seems to me inescapably connected with freedom.”

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Equality, so regarded, seems to me inescapably connected with freedom.
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Harold J. Laski

Editor's note · Context

Laski connects the idea of equality with the concept of freedom, suggesting they are interdependent.

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