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To lay it down as law that, whatever the occasion, the weapon shall not be used, seems to me an unjustifiable interference with freedom.
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Harold J. Laski
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gutenberg.orgTo lay it down as law that, whatever the occasion, the weapon shall not be used, seems to me an unjustifiable interference with freedom.
Laski argues against the prohibition of general strikes, viewing it as an infringement on freedom.
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Yet that does not render useless, even for our own day, the kind of work Locke did.
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