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John Morley: “The problems of government arise from clashing interests, and in that clash the one touch of nature that makes the whole…”

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The problems of government arise from clashing interests, and in that clash the one touch of nature that makes the whole world kin is the resolution not willingly to make sacrifices without objects which are thought to be worth them.
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John Morley

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Morley discusses the nature of government problems arising from conflicting interests.

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