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Harold J. Laski: The popular sense of right may often, as Aristotle saw, be wiser than the opinion of statesmen.

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The popular sense of right may often, as Aristotle saw, be wiser than the opinion of statesmen.
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Harold J. Laski

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Laski acknowledges the wisdom of the popular sense of right compared to that of statesmen.

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