And, in fact, whenever agitation has produced military or naval disloyalty that has been the outcome not of affection for the principles upon which the agitators lay emphasis, but of grievances which have made either soldiers or sailors responsive to a plea for their disloyalty.
Laski argues that military disloyalty often stems from grievances rather than ideological alignment with agitators.
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