Harold J. Laski: “What, broadly, was established was the dependence of the crown upon…”

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What, broadly, was established was the dependence of the crown upon Parliament.

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Harold J. Laski

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Laski emphasizes the critical relationship established between the monarchy and Parliament in England's political evolution.

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He showed that government by discussion can be made to illuminate great principles.

How could it seek security where it defied the desires of the vast majority of its subjects?

He realized that freedom is born of a certain spontaneity for which the rigid lines of doctrinaire thinkers left no room.

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

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Harold J. Laski: “What, broadly, was established was the dependence of the crown upon Parliament.”