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But the peace of the Tudors was the death-bed of the Stuarts; and it was the stagnant optimism of the early eighteenth century which made possible the birth of democratic England.
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gutenberg.orgHarold J. Laski: “But the peace of the Tudors was the death-bed of the Stuarts; and it was the stagnant optimism of the early eighteenth…”
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This quote highlights the relationship between the peace during the Tudor period and the subsequent rise of democracy in England.
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When attacks on liberty are political or economic, it is their motive rather than their nature that changes.
Each age makes some idol in its own image and sacrifices upon its altar the freedom of those who refuse it worship.
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