The theory of consent is vital because without the provision of channels for its administrative expression, men tend to become the creatures of a power ignorant at once and careless of their will.
Laski emphasizes the importance of consent in governance to prevent the emergence of arbitrary power.
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He showed that government by discussion can be made to illuminate great principles.
When I obey the state, I obey the best part of myself.
The revolutionary spirit, in fact, was as much the product of the past as the very institutions it came to condemn.
The State has power only for the protection of natural law.
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