He would not, as in the great speech at Bristol (1774), accept the doctrine that a member of Parliament was a mere delegate of his constituents rather than a representative of his own convictions.
Laski defends the idea that a Member of Parliament should represent their own convictions rather than just their constituents' wishes.
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Ultimately, that denial is always made upon the same ground: it is insisted that the doctrines or practices attacked are subversive of the civil order.
Each age makes some idol in its own image and sacrifices upon its altar the freedom of those who refuse it worship.
We grant toleration in one part of the field only to deny it in another.
The essence of the persecuting position is always that the persecutor has hold of truth and that he would betray its service by allowing it to be questioned.
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