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If the number of those hostile is considerable, the policy is, at the least, a dubious one.
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Harold J. Laski
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gutenberg.orgHarold J. Laski: “If the number of those hostile is considerable, the policy is, at the least, a dubious one.”
Editor's note · Context
He indicates that significant public dissent raises doubts about the legitimacy of a government's war policy.
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