Not the least powerful to silence, you will recollect, which persuaded even those who thought Sacco and Vanzetti innocent was their fear that proof of that innocence might disturb popular faith in the Massachusetts Courts.
Laski reflects on the fear that influenced public opinion during the Sacco and Vanzetti case.
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But we cannot understand the eighteenth century, or its theories, unless we realize that its temper was still dominantly aristocratic.
If no such news is at hand it will be manufactured.
From no accusation were its statesmen more anxious to be free than from that of a belief in democratic government.
I cannot accept the position that government is always entitled to count on industrial peace, whatever its policy.
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