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Harold J. Laski: His unhesitating inability to see how dangerous is the concentration of property is standing proof that men are…

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His unhesitating inability to see how dangerous is the concentration of property is standing proof that men are over-prone to judge the rightness of a State by their own wishes.
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Harold J. Laski

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Laski warns against the dangers of property concentration and its influence on political judgment.

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