Few would deny that statesmen are capable of disinterested sacrifice for classes of whose inner life they are ignorant; yet the relation between law and the interest of the dominant class is too intimate to permit with safety the exclusion of a part of the State from sharing in its guidance.
Laski critiques the disconnect between statesmen and the classes they govern, advocating for inclusive guidance.
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When I obey the state, I obey the best part of myself.
The State has power only for the protection of natural law.
If the American colonies want to go, let them by all means cut adrift.
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.
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