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No one with experience of a great crowd under the sway of a skilled orator can doubt his power deliberately to create disorder if he so desires.
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Harold J. Laski
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gutenberg.orgHarold J. Laski: “No one with experience of a great crowd under the sway of a skilled orator can doubt his power deliberately to create…”
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Laski acknowledges the significant influence a skilled orator can have over a crowd's behavior.
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