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Harold J. Laski: We have found, further, that a platform can be constructed at Geneva the nature of which throws any possible aggressor…

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We have found, further, that a platform can be constructed at Geneva the nature of which throws any possible aggressor upon the defensive, and suggests the possible organization against it of the rest of the civilized world.
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Harold J. Laski

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Laski believes that a platform can be established to deter aggressors through international cooperation.

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