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I yield to no one in my dissent from, say, Lenin’s analysis of the nature of the modern state.
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Harold J. Laski
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gutenberg.orgHarold J. Laski: “I yield to no one in my dissent from, say, Lenin’s analysis of the nature of the modern state.”
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Laski openly disagrees with Lenin's views on the modern state, emphasizing his own perspective.
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