Harold J. Laski: “The exclusion of a race or creed from a share in citizenship is…”

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The exclusion of a race or creed from a share in citizenship is, invariably, their exclusion also from the benefits of social action.

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Harold J. Laski

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Laski argues that excluding certain groups from citizenship denies them social benefits.

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