Harold J. Laski: “Judicial independence is not merely a matter of mechanical technique; it is also psychological in character.”

Liberty means self-government, and self-government means the right of every man to be his own legislator.

There is no danger that the general strike will ever be other than a weapon of last resort; the occasions when it can be successfully used will be of the utmost rarity.

Nor do I see why it is unconstitutional for Labour, as in 1926, to withdraw from work in an orderly and coherent way.

The charge that he supported the Revolution in America and deserted it in France is without meaning; for in the one there is no word that can honorably be twisted to support the other.