Harold Laski Quotes & Sayings
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Famous Quotes By Harold Laski
If there is one thing fundamental to the life of the spirit it is the absence of force. — Harold Laski
Aside from theology and sex there is really nothing to talk about. — Harold Laski
The number of substitutes for fine and clean thinking the world provides positively gnaws at one's vitals. — Harold Laski
The only real security for social well-being is the free exercise of men's minds. — Harold Laski
The test, surely, of a creed is not the ability of those who accept it to announce their faith; its test is its ability to change their behavior in the ordinary round of daily life. Judged by that test, I know no religion that has a moral claim upon the allegiance of men. — Harold Laski
A healthy loyalty is not passive and complacent, but active and critical. — Harold Laski
A second-class mind dealing with third-class material is hardly a necessity of life. — 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. — Harold Laski
Historically, means cannot be separated from ends ... — Harold Laski
Every State is known by the rights it maintains. — 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. — Harold Laski
Those who know the normal life of the poor ... will realize well enough that without economic security, liberty is not worth having. — Harold Laski
If it weren't for the law, I would steal books; if it weren't for my purse, I would buy them. — Harold Laski
Without equality, I say, there cannot be liberty. — Harold Laski
No citizen enjoys genuine freedom of religious conviction until the state is indifferent to every form of religious outlook from Atheism to Zoroastrianism. — Harold Laski
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. — Harold Laski