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Scotland and Wales are both of them nations; neither possesses that panoply; neither, I think, suffers in moral or psychological stature by reason of its absence.
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Harold J. Laski
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In this statement, Laski points out that nations like Scotland and Wales do not possess full sovereignty yet maintain their moral stature.
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