Wherein, perhaps, the most profound distinction between Locke's teaching and our own time may be discovered is in our sense of the impossibility that a final answer can be found to political questions.
Laski observes that contemporary political thought recognizes the complexity and lack of finality in political questions, unlike earlier views.
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From no accusation were its statesmen more anxious to be free than from that of a belief in democratic government.
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