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The power of numbers is sacrificed to the interest of a few.
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Harold J. Laski
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gutenberg.orgHarold J. Laski: “The power of numbers is sacrificed to the interest of a few.”
Editor's note · Context
Laski points out that the interests of a small elite often overshadow the collective power of the majority.
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We grant it in religion to deny it in politics; we grant it in politics, to deny it in economic matters.
To deny novelty or grievance a right of expression is a certain, if, indeed, an ultimate, validation of the truth they contain.
Ultimately, that denial is always made upon the same ground: it is insisted that the doctrines or practices attacked are subversive of the civil order.
We grant toleration in one part of the field only to deny it in another.
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