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Their mental habits resemble nothing so much as the horrified timidity which persuaded Hobbes to find in despotism the only cure for social disagreement.
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Harold J. Laski
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He compares the mental state of certain leaders to Hobbes' belief in despotism as a solution to conflict.
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