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But that, in the end, always means that the vital power of the people is absent at the moment when it is most required.
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Harold J. Laski
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gutenberg.orgHarold J. Laski: “But that, in the end, always means that the vital power of the people is absent at the moment when it is most required.”
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Laski points out the absence of popular power when it is most needed in society.
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