Harold J. Laski: “The opponents of Erastianism had a deep sense of their corporate Church, and it was a plea for ecclesiastical freedom…”

The case for the view that freedom of thought and speech is a good in itself is fairly easy to make.

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 more equality there is in a State, the more use, in general, we can make of our freedom.

There are realms of conduct within which, to be free, I must be permitted to act as I please; to be denied self-expression there, is to be denied freedom.