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It is therefore assumed by many that it is the business of the state actively to discourage such conduct, even to the point, if necessary, of making its most innocuous expression illegal.
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Harold J. Laski
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He discusses the belief that the state should discourage potentially harmful conduct, reflecting on the role of law in regulating behavior.
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