Thought, after all, is the one certain weapon of utility in a different and complex world; and it was because the age refused to look it in the face that it invited the approach of revolution.
Here, Laski asserts that critical thinking is essential for navigating complex societal changes, warning against complacency.
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He realized that freedom is born of a certain spontaneity for which the rigid lines of doctrinaire thinkers left no room.
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.
What is needed is a patriot king who will destroy corruption and awaken the spirit of liberty.
I cannot accept the position that government is always entitled to count on industrial peace, whatever its policy.
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