Harold J. Laski: “A true theory of liberty, I urge, is built upon a denial of each of the assumptions of idealism.”

The State has power only for the protection of natural law.

Nor do I see why it is unconstitutional for Labour, as in 1926, to withdraw from work in an orderly and coherent way.

But we cannot understand the eighteenth century, or its theories, unless we realize that its temper was still dominantly aristocratic.

What is needed is a patriot king who will destroy corruption and awaken the spirit of liberty.