But those who know the normal life of the poor, its perpetual fear of the morrow, its haunting sense of impending disaster, its fitful search for beauty which perpetually eludes, will realize well enough that, without economic security, liberty is not worth having.
Laski reflects on the struggles of the poor and how economic insecurity undermines the value of liberty.
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That some sort of toleration was inevitable few, save a group of prejudiced irreconcilables, would have denied.
How could it seek security where it defied the desires of the vast majority of its subjects?
The revolutionary spirit, in fact, was as much the product of the past as the very institutions it came to condemn.
What is needed is a patriot king who will destroy corruption and awaken the spirit of liberty.
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