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# Leonard Trelawny Hobhouse

(1864–1929)   Journalist

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Leonard Trelawny Hobhouse was a journalist.

## Quick Facts About Leonard Trelawny Hobhouse

Born September 8, 1864

Died June 21, 1929

Profession Journalist

## About Leonard Trelawny Hobhouse

British sociologist (1864-1929)... \| Leonard Trelawny Hobhouse, FBA was a British liberal political theorist and sociologist, who has been considered one of the leading and earliest proponents of social liberalism. His works, culminating in his famous book Liberalism (1911), occupy a seminal position within the canon of New Liberalism.

##  Quotes by Leonard Trelawny Hobhouse

> [The organizer of industry who thinks he has 'made' himself and his business has found a whole social system ready to his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonard-trelawny-hobhouse/the-organizer-of-industry-who-thinks-he-has-made-himself-and-his/)

Leonard Trelawny Hobhouse

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> [The function of State coercion is to override individual coercion, and, of course, coercion exercised by any association of individuals within the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonard-trelawny-hobhouse/the-function-of-state-coercion-is-to-override-individual-coercion-and/)

Leonard Trelawny Hobhouse

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> [It is for the State to take care that the economic conditions are such that the normal man who is not defective…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonard-trelawny-hobhouse/it-is-for-the-state-to-take-care-that-the-economic-conditions-are/)

Leonard Trelawny Hobhouse

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