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For successful government is simply government which satisfies the largest possible area of demand.
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Harold J. Laski
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gutenberg.orgEditor's note · Context
Laski defines successful government as one that meets the demands of the largest number of people.
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Every religious body really means by blasphemy an attack upon its fundamental principles.
Its eldest child is charity, and without it there can be no honesty of opinion.
Where mistakes are made, where there is corruption, or dishonesty, or abuse, it can be brought home forthwith to its authors.
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