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It does not know how to act wisely at the very moment when it most requires wise action.
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Harold J. Laski
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gutenberg.orgHarold J. Laski: “It does not know how to act wisely at the very moment when it most requires wise action.”
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Laski argues that an aristocracy often fails to act wisely when it is most needed, highlighting its inefficacy.
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Montesquieu thus became the prophet of a new race of thinkers.
I can see no justice in such a denial of freedom.
When I obey the state, I obey the best part of myself.
The charge that he supported the Revolution in America and deserted it in France is without meaning; for in the one there is no word that can honorably be twisted to support the other.
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