Political Quotes

Harold J. Laski: He announced the advent of the modern system of parliamentary government; and from his time the debate has been rather…

On the record
He announced the advent of the modern system of parliamentary government; and from his time the debate has been rather of the conditions under which it is to work, than of the foundations upon which it is based.
Said by
Harold J. Laski

Editor's note · Context

Laski discusses the evolution of parliamentary government and the focus on its operational conditions rather than its foundational principles.

Share

More from Harold J. Laski

I cannot accept the position that government is always entitled to count on industrial peace, whatever its policy.

gutenberg.org

But if the Church is not a supernatural institution, what is its nature?

gutenberg.org

Nor do I see why it is unconstitutional for Labour, as in 1926, to withdraw from work in an orderly and coherent way.

gutenberg.org

Yet such defects must not blind us to the general rightness of their insight.

gutenberg.org

Other voices in this conversation