Harold J. Laski: “The community never gains, in the long run, from work performed by men…”

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The community never gains, in the long run, from work performed by men who labour under a sense of injustice.

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Harold J. Laski

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Laski believes that work done under a sense of injustice harms the community.

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Harold J. Laski: “The community never gains, in the long run, from work performed by men who labour under a sense of injustice.”