Harold J. Laski: “They come from our social heritage, and are part of a process the…”

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They come from our social heritage, and are part of a process the value of which we must relearn continuously if we are to preserve it.

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Harold J. Laski

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Laski emphasizes the importance of continuously relearning the value of our social heritage to preserve it.

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He realized that freedom is born of a certain spontaneity for which the rigid lines of doctrinaire thinkers left no room.

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If no such news is at hand it will be manufactured.

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