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They depend for their creativeness upon the presence in any given society of a determination to make them work.
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Harold J. Laski
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gutenberg.orgHarold J. Laski: “They depend for their creativeness upon the presence in any given society of a determination to make them work.”
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Laski argues that the effectiveness of political systems relies on societal determination.
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