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The main thing was to be rid of the Divine Right of kings.
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Harold J. Laski
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gutenberg.orgHarold J. Laski: “The main thing was to be rid of the Divine Right of kings.”
Editor's note · Context
This quote captures Laski's view on the rejection of the Divine Right of kings as a crucial political shift.
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