On the record
The statesmen who constructed this stereotype knew that it was untrue; but they hoped, doubtless, to escape its consequences, when the victory had been won.
Said by
Harold J. Laski
Source
gutenberg.orgHarold J. Laski: “The statesmen who constructed this stereotype knew that it was untrue; but they hoped, doubtless, to escape its…”
Editor's note · Context
This quote reveals Laski's belief that political leaders knowingly misrepresented the truth for their own ends after the war.
Share
More from Harold J. Laski
Every religious body really means by blasphemy an attack upon its fundamental principles.
He showed that government by discussion can be made to illuminate great principles.
If the American colonies want to go, let them by all means cut adrift.
The revolutionary spirit, in fact, was as much the product of the past as the very institutions it came to condemn.
Other voices in this conversation
