On the record
They are utterly unable to see that people who live differently think differently and that in so various a civilization as ours absolute standards in these matters are out of place.
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Harold J. Laski
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gutenberg.orgThey are utterly unable to see that people who live differently think differently and that in so various a civilization as ours absolute standards in these matters are out of place.
Laski emphasizes the importance of understanding diverse perspectives in a complex civilization.
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When attacks on liberty are political or economic, it is their motive rather than their nature that changes.
We grant toleration in one part of the field only to deny it in another.
Each age makes some idol in its own image and sacrifices upon its altar the freedom of those who refuse it worship.
We grant it in religion to deny it in politics; we grant it in politics, to deny it in economic matters.