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Harold J. Laski: If we reject a view which, like that just considered, seeks to dissolve the reality of the individual into the society…

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If we reject a view which, like that just considered, seeks to dissolve the reality of the individual into the society of which he is a part, what are we left with as the pattern within which a man seeks freedom?
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Harold J. Laski

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Laski questions the balance between individual freedom and societal influence.

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