On the record
Our difficulty is that they will be taken to constitute it when it is to the interest of government to do so.
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Harold J. Laski
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gutenberg.orgHarold J. Laski: “Our difficulty is that they will be taken to constitute it when it is to the interest of government to do so.”
Editor's note · Context
Laski points out the danger of governments misrepresenting public opinion to serve their interests.
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