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You cannot compartmentalize life; and where grave emergencies arise, the weapons to be utilized must be fitted to meet them.
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Harold J. Laski
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gutenberg.orgHarold J. Laski: “You cannot compartmentalize life; and where grave emergencies arise, the weapons to be utilized must be fitted to meet…”
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Laski argues against compartmentalizing life, especially in times of crisis where appropriate responses are needed.
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Even Lincoln supported his generals in completely indefensible attacks on civilian rights.
Yet that does not render useless, even for our own day, the kind of work Locke did.
If the American colonies want to go, let them by all means cut adrift.
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