Harold J. Laski: “There is never any such certitude in matters of social constitution as…”

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There is never any such certitude in matters of social constitution as to justify us in saying that any exposition of principles must be suppressed.

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Harold J. Laski

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Laski asserts that there is no absolute certainty in social structures that justifies the suppression of ideas.

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