They find that the power to satisfy them of themselves gives to them a quality of vigour far greater in the happiness it produces than would be the case if satisfaction were always provided by, or controlled from, without.
This quote illustrates Laski's belief in the empowerment that comes from self-satisfaction and local control.
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I can see no justice in such a denial of freedom.
Wilkes was a sign that the populace was slowly awaking to a sense of its own power.
That some sort of toleration was inevitable few, save a group of prejudiced irreconcilables, would have denied.
Liberty means self-government, and self-government means the right of every man to be his own legislator.
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