In 1914 the unions would never have deemed it their business to concern themselves with the bank rate and credit policy; today they realize that these matters lie at the heart of their problems.
Laski illustrates how trade unions have come to recognize the importance of financial policies in their operations since 1914.
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The revolutionary spirit, in fact, was as much the product of the past as the very institutions it came to condemn.
There are realms of conduct within which, to be free, I must be permitted to act as I please; to be denied self-expression there, is to be denied freedom.
The charge that he supported the Revolution in America and deserted it in France is without meaning; for in the one there is no word that can honorably be twisted to support the other.
Liberty means self-government, and self-government means the right of every man to be his own legislator.
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