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... idea that there is no such thing as law , there is only power , has never taken root . Even the intelligentsia have only accepted it in theory . An illusion can become a half - truth , a mask can alter the expression of a face . The ...
... idea that there is no such thing as law , there is only power , has never taken root . Even the intelligentsia have only accepted it in theory . An illusion can become a half - truth , a mask can alter the expression of a face . The ...
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... idea that when the time came the Russians would do our fighting for us . It is astonishing how this illusion fails to die . Every week sees its spate of letters to the press , pointing out that if we had a govern- ment with no Tories in ...
... idea that when the time came the Russians would do our fighting for us . It is astonishing how this illusion fails to die . Every week sees its spate of letters to the press , pointing out that if we had a govern- ment with no Tories in ...
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... ideas from beyond the Atlantic flow into the police - states of Europe . And turning it round to our own point of view ... idea would survive . The difference between going down fighting , and surrender- ing without a 124 THE ENGLISH ...
... ideas from beyond the Atlantic flow into the police - states of Europe . And turning it round to our own point of view ... idea would survive . The difference between going down fighting , and surrender- ing without a 124 THE ENGLISH ...
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