I do not deny that men will long postpone their protest against that absence; there are few wrongs to which men do not become habituated by experience, few, therefore, which, after the long passage of time, they will not be persuaded are inherent in nature.
Laski acknowledges that people may tolerate injustices for a time but will eventually protest.
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