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Harold J. Laski: That revolution established what Europe might well consider a democracy; and its statesmen were astonished not less at…

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That revolution established what Europe might well consider a democracy; and its statesmen were astonished not less at the vigilance with which America guarded against the growth of autocratic government, than at the soberness with which it checked the supposed weakness of the sovereign people.
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Harold J. Laski

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Laski reflects on the establishment of democracy in America and its impact on Europe.

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