Harold J. Laski: “The economic motive apart, no principle has been more fruitful of war…”

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The economic motive apart, no principle has been more fruitful of war than the demand for national freedom.

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Harold J. Laski

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Laski argues that the quest for national freedom has historically led to wars.

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If no such news is at hand it will be manufactured.

Where mistakes are made, where there is corruption, or dishonesty, or abuse, it can be brought home forthwith to its authors.

Yet that does not render useless, even for our own day, the kind of work Locke did.

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Harold J. Laski: “The economic motive apart, no principle has been more fruitful of war than the demand for national freedom.”