On the record
The right to speak it, to print it, to seek in concert with others its translation into the event, is fundamental to liberty.
Said by
Harold J. Laski
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gutenberg.orgThe right to speak it, to print it, to seek in concert with others its translation into the event, is fundamental to liberty.
Laski identifies the rights to speak and associate as fundamental to personal liberty.
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