Harold Laski quotes

A healthy loyalty is not passive and complacent, but active and critical. (Harold Laski)
If there is one thing fundamental to the life of the spirit it is the absence of force. View quote
Harold Laski
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. View quote
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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. View quote
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Without equality, I say, there cannot be liberty. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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The number of substitutes for fine and clean thinking the world provides positively gnaws at one's vitals. View quote
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The only real security for social well-being is the free exercise of men's minds. View quote
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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. View quote
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Aside from theology and sex there is really nothing to talk about. (Harold Laski)
A second-class mind dealing with third-class material is hardly a necessity of life. View quote
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Historically, means cannot be separated from ends. View quote
Harold Laski
It would be madness to let the purposes or the methods of private enterprise set the habits of the age of atomic energy. View quote
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