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The one way to avoid violent outbreak is not exclusion of the people from power but their participation in it.
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Harold J. Laski
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gutenberg.orgHarold J. Laski: “The one way to avoid violent outbreak is not exclusion of the people from power but their participation in it.”
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Laski suggests that including the people in governance is essential to prevent violent uprisings.
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