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Harold J. Laski: “It is, in fact, the character of the minister which sets the keynote of the time.”

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It is, in fact, the character of the minister which sets the keynote of the time.
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Harold J. Laski

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Laski emphasizes the significant influence that a minister's character has on the political atmosphere of the time.

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