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Harold J. Laski: “They are prepared to coerce in the hope of success, and they are prepared to die fighting rather than to surrender.”

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They are prepared to coerce in the hope of success, and they are prepared to die fighting rather than to surrender.
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Harold J. Laski

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Laski discusses the lengths to which people will go to defend their beliefs and power.

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