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Harold J. Laski: “Power as such, when uncontrolled, is always the natural enemy of freedom.”

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Power as such, when uncontrolled, is always the natural enemy of freedom.
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Harold J. Laski

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Laski asserts that unchecked power inherently threatens individual freedom.

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