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If a man sincerely thinks, like James Russell Lowell, that war is merely an alias for murder, it is his duty to say so even if his pronouncement is inconvenient to the government of the day.
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Harold J. Laski
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gutenberg.orgHarold J. Laski: “If a man sincerely thinks, like James Russell Lowell, that war is merely an alias for murder, it is his duty to say so…”
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Laski advocates for the moral duty to speak against war, even if it contradicts government views.
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