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From no accusation were its statesmen more anxious to be free than from that of a belief in democratic government.
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Harold J. Laski
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gutenberg.orgHarold J. Laski: “From no accusation were its statesmen more anxious to be free than from that of a belief in democratic government.”
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Laski points out that statesmen of the eighteenth century were eager to distance themselves from the idea of democratic governance.
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