Harold J. Laski: “Even the blunders of their leaders meet with a pardon far more generous than would be extended to the political heads of…”

But we cannot understand the eighteenth century, or its theories, unless we realize that its temper was still dominantly aristocratic.

I can see no justice in such a denial of freedom.

Even Lincoln supported his generals in completely indefensible attacks on civilian rights.

The State has power only for the protection of natural law.