Harold Laski quotes
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“A State divided into a small number of rich and a large number of poor will always develop a government manipulated by the rich to protect the amenities represented by their property.”
-- Harold LaskiSource : Harold J. Laski (2014). “A Grammar of Politics (Works of Harold J. Laski)”, p.157, Routledge
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“Civilization means, above all, an unwillingness to inflict unnecessary pain ... those of us who heedlessly accept the commands of authority cannot yet claim to be civilized men.”
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“A healthy loyalty is not passive and complacent, but active and critical.”
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“If it weren't for the law, I would steal books; if it weren't for my purse, I would buy them.”
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“A second-class mind dealing with third-class material is hardly a necessity of life.”
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“Historically, means cannot be separated from ends ...”
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“No citizen enjoys genuine freedom of religious conviction until the state is indifferent to every form of religious outlook from Atheism to Zoroastrianism.”
-- Harold LaskiSource : Harold J. Laski (2014). “A Grammar of Politics (Works of Harold J. Laski)”, p.119, Routledge
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“The only real security for social well-being is the free exercise of men's minds.”
-- Harold LaskiSource : Harold J. Laski (2014). “Authority in the Modern State (Works of Harold J. Laski)”, p.55, Routledge
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“The number of substitutes for fine and clean thinking the world provides positively gnaws at one's vitals.”
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“If there is one thing fundamental to the life of the spirit it is the absence of force.”
-- Harold LaskiSource : Harold J. Laski (2014). “A Grammar of Politics (Works of Harold J. Laski)”, p.33, Routledge
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“Without equality, I say, there cannot be liberty.”
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“Those who know the normal life of the poor... will realize well enough that without economic security, liberty is not worth having.”
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“Every State is known by the rights it maintains.”
-- Harold Laski
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