However wrong or unwise we may think the actions of men so accused, we have to remember that they represent, as a general rule, the expression of a deep-felt resentment against social injustice.
This quote highlights Laski's understanding of the motivations behind social protests.
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From no accusation were its statesmen more anxious to be free than from that of a belief in democratic government.
The State has power only for the protection of natural law.
The charge that he supported the Revolution in America and deserted it in France is without meaning; for in the one there is no word that can honorably be twisted to support the other.
He showed that government by discussion can be made to illuminate great principles.
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