So, too, it is the sense of public interest which determines men's thoughts on government, on who should rule, and what should be the system of property; but the ethical substance of these questions he leaves undetermined.
Laski notes that public interest shapes political thought but leaves ethical questions unresolved.
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That some sort of toleration was inevitable few, save a group of prejudiced irreconcilables, would have denied.
From no accusation were its statesmen more anxious to be free than from that of a belief in democratic government.
There are realms of conduct within which, to be free, I must be permitted to act as I please; to be denied self-expression there, is to be denied freedom.
If he stands alone, he has neither the knowledge nor the power to secure for himself proper protection.
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