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Expediency may be admirable in telling the statesmen what to do; but it does not explain the sources of his ultimate act, nor justify the thing finally done.
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Harold J. Laski
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Editor's note · Context
Laski points out that while expediency guides statesmen, it does not account for the deeper motivations behind their actions.
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