Unless government can be assured that its chief officials are aloof from political ties, it cannot trust them; and all the considerations which create a “spoils system” will then come into play.
Laski argues that trust in government officials requires their detachment from political affiliations.
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The only way to deal with novelty is to understand it, and the only way to deal with grievance is to seek a remedy for the complaint it embodies.
When attacks on liberty are political or economic, it is their motive rather than their nature that changes.
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We grant toleration in one part of the field only to deny it in another.
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