Harold J. Laski: “That is a power which could not safely be entrusted to any body of men…”

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That is a power which could not safely be entrusted to any body of men who have ever operated as a government.

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Harold J. Laski

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Laski expresses skepticism about entrusting power to any group of men in government, suggesting the potential for abuse.

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The theorist of the Revolution is Locke; and it was his conscious effort to justify the innovations of 1688.

How could it seek security where it defied the desires of the vast majority of its subjects?

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

If the American colonies want to go, let them by all means cut adrift.

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Harold J. Laski: “That is a power which could not safely be entrusted to any body of men who have ever operated as a government.”