The official censor, a man like the famous Pobedonostev, normally assumes that any thorough criticism of the existing social order is dangerous and destructive; and, thereby, he transforms what might be creative demand into secret attack which is ten times more dangerous in its attack.
Laski warns that official censors often misinterpret criticism of the social order as a threat, stifling creativity.
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Yet that does not render useless, even for our own day, the kind of work Locke did.
Montesquieu thus became the prophet of a new race of thinkers.
How could it seek security where it defied the desires of the vast majority of its subjects?
Even Lincoln supported his generals in completely indefensible attacks on civilian rights.
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