Leaders of the socialist movement in India did not recognize the need for a liberal social and cultural context for the growth of a democratic socialist movement

In his decades-long career in Britain, Naoroji laboured relentlessly to popularise the Indian cause.

It is inherent in the nature of rights that they require action originating in the man asserting them.

The goal must be individual liberty under the rule of law – which demands that the government be placed under legal restraints which it cannot alter.