Harold J. Laski: “It was abused in the Civil War even under a mind so humane and generous as that of Lincoln; it was emphatically and…”

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

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

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.

I cannot accept the position that government is always entitled to count on industrial peace, whatever its policy.