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Harold J. Laski: “Let their minds but once turn to resistance, and the bonds of social order will be broken.”

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Let their minds but once turn to resistance, and the bonds of social order will be broken.
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Harold J. Laski

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Laski warns that any inclination towards resistance can lead to the collapse of social order.

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