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We seek political freedom for the ends that, in the political world, we deem good.
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Harold J. Laski
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gutenberg.orgEditor's note · Context
Laski advocates for political freedom as a means to achieve desirable societal outcomes.
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Wilkes was a sign that the populace was slowly awaking to a sense of its own power.
He realized that freedom is born of a certain spontaneity for which the rigid lines of doctrinaire thinkers left no room.
How could it seek security where it defied the desires of the vast majority of its subjects?
When I obey the state, I obey the best part of myself.
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