Harold J. Laski: “Everywhere they have been guilty of definite error, or wrong, they…”

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Everywhere they have been guilty of definite error, or wrong, they have denied the error or wrong, lest it upset faith in their own right to power.

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Harold J. Laski

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Laski critiques the tendency of those in power to deny their mistakes to maintain their authority.

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