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Harold J. Laski: He is seeking happiness; some order seems to him a wanton invasion of that happiness.

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He is seeking happiness; some order seems to him a wanton invasion of that happiness.
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Harold J. Laski

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Laski connects the pursuit of happiness with the perception of legal orders as intrusive.

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