Harold J. Laski: “A common political superior there doubtless must be; but government is an organ to which omnipotence is wanting.”

Where mistakes are made, where there is corruption, or dishonesty, or abuse, it can be brought home forthwith to its authors.

The theorist of the Revolution is Locke; and it was his conscious effort to justify the innovations of 1688.

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.

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.