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 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.
More John Locke Quotes
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But there is only one thing which gathers people into seditious commotion, and that is oppression
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He that will make good use of any part of his life must allow a large part of it to recreation.
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Whoever uses force without Right … puts himself into a state of War with those, against whom he uses it, and in that state all former Ties are canceled, all other Rights cease, and every one has a Right to defend himself, and to resist the Aggressor.
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A sound mind in a sound body is a short but full description of a happy state in this world.
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He that judges without informing himself to the utmost that he is capable, cannot acquit himself of judging amiss
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The body of People may with Respect resist intolerable Tyranny.
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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
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The Bible is one of the greatest blessings bestowed by God on the children of men. It has God for its author; salvation for its end, and truth without any mixture for its matter. It is all pure.
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[H]e that thinks absolute power purifies men’s blood, and corrects the baseness of human nature, need read the history of this, or any other age, to be convinced to the contrary.
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Mathematical proofs, like diamonds, are hard and clear, and will be touched with nothing but strict reasoning.
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We are all a sort of chameleons, that still take a tincture from things near us: nor is it to be wondered at in children, who better understand what they see, than what they hear.
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The only fence against the world is a thorough knowledge of it.
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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
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Fashion for the most part is nothing but the ostentation of riches.
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All wealth is the product of labor.
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