Harold J. Laski: “The protest of Burke against its supposed anarchy swept England like a flame; and only a courageous handful could be…”

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

What is needed is a patriot king who will destroy corruption and awaken the spirit of liberty.

Where mistakes are made, where there is corruption, or dishonesty, or abuse, it can be brought home forthwith to its authors.

But we cannot understand the eighteenth century, or its theories, unless we realize that its temper was still dominantly aristocratic.