Harold J. Laski: “But there is no more humiliation in that position than in the position…”

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But there is no more humiliation in that position than in the position any government occupies in the context of its own subjects.

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Laski argues that there is no inherent humiliation in a government's position of limited power, similar to that of its subjects.

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That some sort of toleration was inevitable few, save a group of prejudiced irreconcilables, would have denied.

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Harold J. Laski: “But there is no more humiliation in that position than in the position any government occupies in the context of its own…”