Harold J. Laski: “But those habits seem to me the inevitable outcome of an assumption…”

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But those habits seem to me the inevitable outcome of an assumption that Great Britain was entitled to decide alone the character of her own destiny.

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Laski argues that Britain's imperial habits stem from a misguided belief in its entitlement to unilaterally determine its destiny.

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From no accusation were its statesmen more anxious to be free than from that of a belief in democratic government.

The State has power only for the protection of natural law.

It is an attempt to give each man as similar a chance as possible to utilize what powers he may possess.

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