Government, he does not doubt, is a trust, or, as he prefers, somewhat oddly, to call it, a quasi-contract; but that does not mean that the actual governors can be dismissed when any eccentric happens to take exception to their views.
Laski discusses the concept of government as a trust, emphasizing the importance of accountability among rulers.
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The case for the view that freedom of thought and speech is a good in itself is fairly easy to make.
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That some sort of toleration was inevitable few, save a group of prejudiced irreconcilables, would have denied.
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