Harold J. Laski: “At bottom, clearly enough, it is an attack upon the new tradition which Locke had brought into being.”

The theory of a state of nature, with the rights therein implied, is the contribution, through Stoicism, of the Roman lawyers, and the great medieval contrast to Aristotle's experimentalism.

There is no danger that the general strike will ever be other than a weapon of last resort; the occasions when it can be successfully used will be of the utmost rarity.

I cannot accept the position that government is always entitled to count on industrial peace, whatever its policy.

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