Like them, it was searching the secret of ecclesiastical independence, and like them it discovered that connection with the State means, in the end, the sacrifice of the church to the needs of each political situation.
Laski reflects on the Church's quest for independence, noting that its connection to the State compromises its integrity.
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If he stands alone, he has neither the knowledge nor the power to secure for himself proper protection.
Wilkes was a sign that the populace was slowly awaking to a sense of its own power.
I can see no justice in such a denial of freedom.
Montesquieu thus became the prophet of a new race of thinkers.
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