Harold J. Laski: “The danger in every period of history is lest we take our own age as the term in institutional evolution.”

He realized that freedom is born of a certain spontaneity for which the rigid lines of doctrinaire thinkers left no room.

Liberty means self-government, and self-government means the right of every man to be his own legislator.

If he stands alone, he has neither the knowledge nor the power to secure for himself proper protection.

When I obey the state, I obey the best part of myself.