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We render obedience to what is with effortless unconsciousness; and without this loyalty to inherited institutions the fabric of society would be dissolved.
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Harold J. Laski
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Laski discusses the unconscious loyalty to traditions that holds society together.
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We do not build Utopias; and the attempt to discover the eternal principles of political right invites disaster at the outset.
How could it seek security where it defied the desires of the vast majority of its subjects?
It is an attempt to give each man as similar a chance as possible to utilize what powers he may possess.
I can see no justice in such a denial of freedom.
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