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And the severity which a government is tempted to practise makes it blind to wrong through becoming inured to its consequences.
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Harold J. Laski
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gutenberg.orgAnd the severity which a government is tempted to practise makes it blind to wrong through becoming inured to its consequences.
Laski highlights how government severity can blind it to injustices.
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