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There is no danger that the general strike will ever be other than a weapon of last resort; the occasions when it can be successfully used will be of the utmost rarity.
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Harold J. Laski
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gutenberg.orgEditor's note · Context
Laski believes that the general strike will remain a last resort due to its infrequent applicability.
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There are realms of conduct within which, to be free, I must be permitted to act as I please; to be denied self-expression there, is to be denied freedom.
The State has power only for the protection of natural law.
In a time of crisis, particularly, when the things we hold most dear are threatened, we shall find the desire to throw overboard the habits of tolerance, almost irresistible.
Montesquieu thus became the prophet of a new race of thinkers.
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