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Harold J. Laski: Everyone can see that matters like the control of the traffic in noxious drugs, or of women and children, of epidemics…

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Everyone can see that matters like the control of the traffic in noxious drugs, or of women and children, of epidemics like cholera and typhus, cannot be settled save as states co-operate upon agreed methods of action.
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Harold J. Laski

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Laski points out that global health and safety issues necessitate cooperation among states.

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