Harold J. Laski: “Man, in fact, is by nature a trader and he is bound by nature to discover the means most apt to progress.”

Even Lincoln supported his generals in completely indefensible attacks on civilian rights.

There is no danger that the general strike will ever be other than a weapon of last resort; the occasions when it can be successfully used will be of the utmost rarity.

The contract is thus not general as with Hobbes but limited and specific in character.

In a time of crisis, particularly, when the things we hold most dear are threatened, we shall find the desire to throw overboard the habits of tolerance, almost irresistible.