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Harold J. Laski: “Certainly he throws a cloak of religious veneration about the purely metaphysical concept of property; and his…”

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Certainly he throws a cloak of religious veneration about the purely metaphysical concept of property; and his insistence upon the value of peace as opposed to truth is surely part of the same attitude.
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Harold J. Laski

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Laski critiques Burke's reverence for property and his prioritization of peace over truth.

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