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Harold J. Laski: And the severity which a government is tempted to practise makes it blind to wrong through becoming inured to its…

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And the severity which a government is tempted to practise makes it blind to wrong through becoming inured to its consequences.
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Harold J. Laski

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Laski highlights how government severity can blind it to injustices.

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