[Individuals] have a right to defend themselves and recover by force what by unlawful force is taken from them.
JOHN LOCKE[Individuals] have a right to defend themselves and recover by force what by unlawful force is taken from them.
JOHN LOCKETis true that governments cannot be supported without great charge, and it is fit everyone who enjoys a share of protection should pay out of his estate his proportion of the maintenance of it.
JOHN LOCKESo that, in effect, religion, which should most distinguish us from beasts, and ought most peculiarly to elevate us, as rational creatures, above brutes, is that wherein men often appear most irrational, and more senseless than beasts themselves.
JOHN LOCKESlavery is so vile and miserable an Estate of Man, and so directly opposite to the generous Temper and Courage of our Nation; that ’tis hardly to be conceived, that an Englishman, much less a Gentleman, should plead for’t.
JOHN LOCKEA sound mind in a sound body is a short but full description of a happy state in this world.
JOHN LOCKENot time is the measure of movement but: …each constant periodic appearance of ideas.
JOHN LOCKEIn the discharge of thy place set before thee the best examples; for imitation is a globe of precepts.
JOHN LOCKEChildren 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 LOCKEAll rising to great place is by a winding stair; and if there be factions, it is good to side a man’s self whilst he is in the rising, and to balance himself when he is placed.
JOHN LOCKEIn my opinion, understanding who your target audience is, and what they want, and writing to them (and only them!) is the most important component of being successful as an author.
JOHN LOCKEWhere there is no desire, there will be no industry.
JOHN LOCKEError is none the better for being common, nor truth the worse for having lain neglected.
JOHN LOCKEWho hath a prospect of the different state of perfect happiness or misery that attends all men after this life, depending on their behavior, the measures of good and evil that govern his choice are mightily changed.
JOHN LOCKEChildren should from the beginning be bred up in an abhorrence of killing or tormenting any living creature; and be taught not to spoil or destroy any thing, unless it be for the preservation or advantage of some other that is nobler.
JOHN LOCKEThe body of People may with Respect resist intolerable Tyranny.
JOHN LOCKEUnderstanding 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.
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