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If it is so, it ceases to give attention to the purposes for which it is conferred and thinks only of the well-being of those who can exercise it.
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Harold J. Laski
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Editor's note · Context
Laski warns that when power becomes self-serving, it neglects the original purposes for which it was granted.
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