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Harold J. Laski: For if that assumption is made we grant to fallible men privileges which confessedly belong to persons outside the…

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For if that assumption is made we grant to fallible men privileges which confessedly belong to persons outside the category of fallibility.
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Harold J. Laski

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Laski emphasizes the dangers of granting authority to fallible individuals in governance.

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