Harold J. Laski: “Political philosophy was nothing for him but accurate generalization from experience; and he held the presumption to be…”

In a time of crisis, particularly, when the things we hold most dear are threatened, we shall find the desire to throw overboard the habits of tolerance, almost irresistible.

Wilkes was a sign that the populace was slowly awaking to a sense of its own power.

The contract is thus not general as with Hobbes but limited and specific in character.

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