If an Englishman like Lord Lansdowne believed, as President Wilson believed in 1916, that peace by negotiation is preferable to peace by victory in the field, because of the human cost that victory entails, has he no obligation to his fellow-citizens who are paying that cost with their lives?
Laski highlights the moral obligation of leaders to advocate for peace, even in wartime.
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When I obey the state, I obey the best part of myself.
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