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But no one of common sense believes today in a Communist menace in England, least of all, perhaps, the Communists themselves.
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Harold J. Laski
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gutenberg.orgHarold J. Laski: “But no one of common sense believes today in a Communist menace in England, least of all, perhaps, the Communists…”
Editor's note · Context
Laski suggests that the perceived threat of Communism in England is largely exaggerated.
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We grant toleration in one part of the field only to deny it in another.
He is able, accordingly, to indulge in the twofold luxury not only of preserving his own authority, but also of assisting the persons attacked to enter, if they so choose, the way of truth.
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Ultimately, that denial is always made upon the same ground: it is insisted that the doctrines or practices attacked are subversive of the civil order.
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