That is why, also, the maintenance of liberty is a thing that has to be fought for afresh every day, lest an inert acceptance of some particular imposition make the field of action accessible to a general tyranny.
Laski emphasizes the ongoing struggle required to maintain liberty against tyranny.
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Where mistakes are made, where there is corruption, or dishonesty, or abuse, it can be brought home forthwith to its authors.
If he stands alone, he has neither the knowledge nor the power to secure for himself proper protection.
How could it seek security where it defied the desires of the vast majority of its subjects?
Montesquieu thus became the prophet of a new race of thinkers.
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