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What he did not see was the important truth that in no age are fundamental questions raised save where the body politic is diseased.
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Harold J. Laski
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This quote reflects Laski's belief that significant political questions arise from societal issues rather than theoretical debates.
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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.
The contract is thus not general as with Hobbes but limited and specific in character.
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