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The end of law is not to abolish or restrain, but to preserve and enlarge freedom. For in all the states of created beings capable of law, where there is no law, there is no freedom.

John Locke

In the discharge of thy place set before thee the best examples; for imitation is a globe of precepts.
JOHN LOCKE

Example Imitation
There is no such way to gain admittance, or give defence to strange and absurd Doctrines, as to guard them round about with Legions of obscure, doubtful, and undefin’d Words.
JOHN LOCKE

Doctrine Giving Way
Understanding like the eye; whilst it makes us see and perceive all things, takes no notice of itself; and it requires art and pains to set it at a distance and make it its own subject.
JOHN LOCKE

Art Distance Notice Pain Perceive
There cannot be greater rudeness than to interrupt another in the current of his discourse.
JOHN LOCKE

Communication Current Rude
Though the water running in the fountain be every ones, yet who can doubt, but that in the pitcher is his only who drew it out?
JOHN LOCKE

Doubt Running Water
Children generally hate to be idle; all the care then is that their busy humour should be constantly employed in something of use to them
JOHN LOCKE

Children Employed Hate Use
The body of People may with Respect resist intolerable Tyranny.
JOHN LOCKE

Body May People
How long have you been holding those words in your head, hoping to use them?
JOHN LOCKE

Holding Long Use
Fashion for the most part is nothing but the ostentation of riches.
JOHN LOCKE

Fashion Philosophical Riches
The end of law is not to abolish or restrain, but to preserve and enlarge freedom. For in all the states of created beings capable of law, where there is no law, there is no freedom.
JOHN LOCKE

Ends Freedom Law
And thus the community perpetually retains a supreme power of saving themselves from the attempts and designs of anybody, even of their legislators, whenever they shall be so foolish, or so wicked, as to lay and carry on designs against the liberties and properties of the subject.
JOHN LOCKE

Community Design Liberty
When the sacredness of property is talked of, it should be remembered that any such sacredness does not belong in the same degree to landed property.
JOHN LOCKE

Degrees Landed Talk
The mind is furnished with ideas by experience alone
JOHN LOCKE

Ideas Philosophical Philosophy
If you punish him for what he sees you practise yourself, he… will be apt to interpret it the peevishness and arbitrary imperiousness of a father, who, without any ground for it, would deny his son the liberty and pleasure he takes himself.
JOHN LOCKE

Father Liberty Son
You shall find, that there cannot be a greater spur to the attaining what you would have the eldest learn, and know himself, than to set him upon teaching it his younger brothers and sisters.
JOHN LOCKE

Brother Spurs Teaching
I find every sect, as far as reason will help them, make use of it gladly: and where it fails them, they cry out, It is a matter of faith, and above reason.
JOHN LOCKE

Matter Religion Use

The end of law is not to abolish or restrain, but to preserve and enlarge freedom. For in all the states of created beings capable of law, where there is no law, there is no freedom.

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The end of law is not to abolish or restrain, but to preserve and enlarge freedom. For in all the states of created beings capable of law, where there is no law, there is no freedom.

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