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My point is that they dispose of the whole power of the state, and that there is no means of checking their activity save the very unlikely means of revolution.
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Harold J. Laski
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gutenberg.orgHarold J. Laski: “My point is that they dispose of the whole power of the state, and that there is no means of checking their activity…”
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Laski warns about the unchecked power of state agents and the potential for revolution as a check.
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