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The body of People may with Respect resist intolerable Tyranny.

John Locke

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
Government has no other end, but the preservation of property.
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Ends Government Philosophical
Fortitude is the guard and support of the other virtues.
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Fortitude Philosophical Support
I do not say this, that I think there should be no difference of opinions in conversation, nor opposition in men’s discourses… ‘Tis not the owning one’s dissent from another, that I speak against, but the manner of doing it.
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Differences Men Thinking
Moral laws are set as a curb and restraint to these exorbitant desires, which they cannot be but by rewards and punishments, that will over-balance the satisfaction any one shall propose to himself in the breach of the law.
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Balance Law Punishment
The senses at first let in particular Ideas, and furnish the yet empty Cabinet: And the Mind by degrees growing familiar with some of them, they are lodged in the Memory, and Names got to them.
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Memories Names Science
Whenever legislators endeavor to take away and destroy the property of the people, or to reduce them to slavery under arbitrary power, they put themselves into a state of war with the people, who are thereupon absolved from any further obedience.
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Arbitrary Freedom Legislator People War
It is labour indeed that puts the difference on everything.
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Day Differences Labor May
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.
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Inspirational Philosophical Taken
He that makes use of another’s fancy or necessity to sell ribbons or cloth dearer to him than to another man at the same time, cheats him.
JOHN LOCKE

Marketing Men Use
The great question which, in all ages, has disturbed mankind, and brought on them the greatest part of their mischiefs … has been, not whether be power in the world, nor whence it came, but who should have it.
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Age Gretest Mischie World
The great art to learn much is to undertake a little at a time.
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Art Great Time Littles Undertake
If all be a Dream, then he doth but dream that he makes the Question; and so it is not much matter that a waking Man should answer him.
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Dream Men Waking
There cannot be greater rudeness than to interrupt another in the current of his discourse.
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Communication Current Rude
There are a thousand ways to Wealth, but only one way to Heaven.
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Heaven Way Wealth
Where there is no desire, there will be no industry.
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Desire Effort Labor

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