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But I cannot see that a government is entitled to prevent a society of Communists from preaching their doctrines either by speech or by publication of the printed word.
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Harold J. Laski
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gutenberg.orgHarold J. Laski: “But I cannot see that a government is entitled to prevent a society of Communists from preaching their doctrines either…”
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Laski defends the right of Communists to express their beliefs through speech and publication.
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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.
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.
We grant it in religion to deny it in politics; we grant it in politics, to deny it in economic matters.
We grant toleration in one part of the field only to deny it in another.
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