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But there is only one thing which gathers people into seditious commotion, and that is oppression

John Locke

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 necessity of pursuing true happiness is the foundation of all liberty- Happiness, in its full extent, is the utmost pleasure we are capable of.
JOHN LOCKE

Foundation Happiness Liberty
The only fence against the world is a thorough knowledge of it.
JOHN LOCKE

Education Philosophical Wisdom
A criminal who, having renounced reason … hath, by the unjust violence and slaughter he hath committed upon one, declared war against all mankind, and therefore may be destroyed as a lion or tiger, one of those wild savage beasts with whom men can have no society nor security.
JOHN LOCKE

Criminal Men War
Fortitude is the guard and support of the other virtues.
JOHN LOCKE

Fortitude Philosophical Support
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
How long have you been holding those words in your head, hoping to use them?
JOHN LOCKE

Holding Long Use
Is it worth the name of freedom to be at liberty to play the fool?
JOHN LOCKE

Freedom Names Play
We should have a great fewer disputes in the world if words were taken for what they are, the signs of our ideas only, and not for things themselves.
JOHN LOCKE

Inspirational Philosophical Taken
Knowledge being to be had only of visible and certain truth, error is not a fault of our knowledge, but a mistake of our judgment, giving assent to that which is not true.
JOHN LOCKE

Errors Giving Mistakes
Fashion for the most part is nothing but the ostentation of riches.
JOHN LOCKE

Fashion Philosophical Riches
The Church which taught men not to keep faith with heretics, had no claim to toleration.
JOHN LOCKE

Atheism Church Men
So difficult it is to show the various meanings and imperfections of words when we have nothing else but words to do it with.
JOHN LOCKE

Difficult Imperfection Writing
Habits wear more constantly and with greatest force than reason, which, when we have most need of it, is seldom fairly consulted, and more rarely obeyed
JOHN LOCKE

Habit Needs Reason
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
Truth certainly would do well enough, if she were once left to shift for herself…She is not taught by laws, nor has she any need of force, to procure her entrance into the minds of men.
JOHN LOCKE

Lying Men Procure Truth

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