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My point is, then, that the fact of a nation’s existence does not entitle it to the full panoply of a sovereign state.
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Harold J. Laski
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gutenberg.orgHarold J. Laski: “My point is, then, that the fact of a nation’s existence does not entitle it to the full panoply of a sovereign state.”
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Laski argues that the mere existence of a nation does not justify its claim to full sovereign statehood.
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We grant it in religion to deny it in politics; we grant it in politics, to deny it in economic matters.
He is able, accordingly, to indulge in the twofold luxury not only of preserving his own authority, but also of assisting the persons attacked to enter, if they so choose, the way of truth.
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We grant toleration in one part of the field only to deny it in another.
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