Harold J. Laski: “All government is a moral trust, and the idea of limitation is therein…”

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All government is a moral trust, and the idea of limitation is therein implied.

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Laski asserts that government is fundamentally a moral trust, implying inherent limitations on power.

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But if the Church is not a supernatural institution, what is its nature?

Man is a one among many obstinately refusing reduction to unity.

The contract is thus not general as with Hobbes but limited and specific in character.

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

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Harold J. Laski: “All government is a moral trust, and the idea of limitation is therein implied.”