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Once, that is to say, we deal with modern problems our real enquiry is still the question of Locke--what limits shall we place upon the power of government?
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Harold J. Laski
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Laski reflects on the ongoing relevance of Locke's inquiry into the limits of governmental power in modern contexts.
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From no accusation were its statesmen more anxious to be free than from that of a belief in democratic government.
We do not build Utopias; and the attempt to discover the eternal principles of political right invites disaster at the outset.
Even Lincoln supported his generals in completely indefensible attacks on civilian rights.
Yet that does not render useless, even for our own day, the kind of work Locke did.
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