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But no one, I think, can examine the course of history and say that the experience of any state indicates a permanent embodiment of the highest good we know in the purpose of the state.
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Harold J. Laski
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Laski reflects on the historical experiences of states, suggesting none permanently embody the highest good.
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The charge that he supported the Revolution in America and deserted it in France is without meaning; for in the one there is no word that can honorably be twisted to support the other.
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