Harold J. Laski: “Equality, in fact, is a denial of the philosophy of life which is bred into their bones by their way of living.”

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

The case for the view that freedom of thought and speech is a good in itself is fairly easy to make.

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

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