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To suggest that it should be then bound by principles which weaken its effective striking power, is, it is said, to ask it to fight with one hand tied behind its back.
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Harold J. Laski
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Laski argues against limiting a state's actions in a crisis, likening it to fighting with one hand tied behind its back.
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