In each, it was proposed to maintain some particular form of social organization at any cost; to inquire into the cost might result in doubt of the value of the effort; and the value of that freedom which releases reason was therefore denied.
This statement reflects Laski's belief that questioning societal structures is essential for true freedom.
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From no accusation were its statesmen more anxious to be free than from that of a belief in democratic government.
He realized that freedom is born of a certain spontaneity for which the rigid lines of doctrinaire thinkers left no room.
If he stands alone, he has neither the knowledge nor the power to secure for himself proper protection.
But we cannot understand the eighteenth century, or its theories, unless we realize that its temper was still dominantly aristocratic.
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