The poets, like Pope, were singing of the small part of life which kings and laws may hope to cure; and that attitude is written in the general absence of economic legislation during the period.
Laski notes the limited impact of governance on life, as reflected in the poetry of the era.
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The more equality there is in a State, the more use, in general, we can make of our freedom.
The contract is thus not general as with Hobbes but limited and specific in character.
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.
Liberty means self-government, and self-government means the right of every man to be his own legislator.
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