The Revolution, in fact, meant less an abstract and general freedom, than a special release from the arbitrary will of a stupid monarch who aroused against himself every deep-seated prejudice of his generation.
Laski argues that the Revolution represented a specific liberation from a tyrannical monarch rather than a broad concept of freedom.
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Where mistakes are made, where there is corruption, or dishonesty, or abuse, it can be brought home forthwith to its authors.
When I obey the state, I obey the best part of myself.
It is an attempt to give each man as similar a chance as possible to utilize what powers he may possess.
The main thing was to be rid of the Divine Right of kings.
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