Harold J. Laski: “It will fight for its right to be heard whatever the price of the conflict.”

Liberty means self-government, and self-government means the right of every man to be his own legislator.

That some sort of toleration was inevitable few, save a group of prejudiced irreconcilables, would have denied.

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

How could it seek security where it defied the desires of the vast majority of its subjects?