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If the American colonies want to go, let them by all means cut adrift.
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Harold J. Laski
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gutenberg.orgHarold J. Laski: “If the American colonies want to go, let them by all means cut adrift.”
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Laski supports the idea of American colonies severing ties with Britain if they wish to do so.
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