Maximum satisfaction, in other words, is a function of maximum consultation; and the greater the degree in which the citizen shares in making the rules under which he lives, the more likely is his allegiance to those rules to be free and unfettered.
Laski asserts that citizen participation in rule-making leads to greater allegiance to those rules.
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The revolutionary spirit, in fact, was as much the product of the past as the very institutions it came to condemn.
If he stands alone, he has neither the knowledge nor the power to secure for himself proper protection.
The more equality there is in a State, the more use, in general, we can make of our freedom.
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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