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For it represents, in its will, what each of us would seek to be if the temporary, the immediate and the irrational, were stripped from the objects we desire.
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Harold J. Laski
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gutenberg.orgHarold J. Laski: “For it represents, in its will, what each of us would seek to be if the temporary, the immediate and the irrational…”
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This quote suggests that the state embodies what individuals would aspire to be if freed from immediate desires.
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