Nor had any thinker before his time so emphasized the importance of liberty as the true end of government; even the placid Blackstone adopted the utterance from him in his inaugural lecture as Vinerian professor.
Laski highlights the importance of liberty as the ultimate goal of government, a principle even adopted by Blackstone.
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Montesquieu thus became the prophet of a new race of thinkers.
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.
The State has power only for the protection of natural law.
Where mistakes are made, where there is corruption, or dishonesty, or abuse, it can be brought home forthwith to its authors.
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