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  • John Locke Quote - 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. Download This Image
  • John Locke Quote - 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 Quote - 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 Quote - 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 Quote - 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 Quote - 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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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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  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram John Locke Quote - In the discharge of thy place set before thee the best examples; for imitation is a globe of precepts.

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

    JOHN LOCKE
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram John Locke Quote - 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.

    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.

    JOHN LOCKE
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram John Locke Quote - Words, in their primary or immediate signification, stand for nothing but the ideas in the mind of him who uses them.

    Words, in their primary or immediate signification, stand for nothing but the ideas in the mind of him who uses them.

    JOHN LOCKE
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram John Locke Quote - I esteem it above all things necessary to distinguish exactly the business of civil government from that of religion and to settle the just bounds that lie between the one and the other. Download This Image

    I esteem it above all things necessary to distinguish exactly the business of civil government from that of religion and to settle the just bounds that lie between the one and the other.

    JOHN LOCKE
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram John Locke Quote - In 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. Download This Image

    In 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 LOCKE
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram John Locke Quote - Firmness or stiffness of the mind is not from adherence to truth, but submission to prejudice.

    Firmness or stiffness of the mind is not from adherence to truth, but submission to prejudice.

    JOHN LOCKE
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram John Locke Quote - Tis 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.

    Tis 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 LOCKE
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram John Locke Quote - There cannot any one moral rule be proposed whereof a man may not justly demand a reason.

    There cannot any one moral rule be proposed whereof a man may not justly demand a reason.

    JOHN LOCKE
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram John Locke Quote - Where there is no desire, there will be no industry.

    Where there is no desire, there will be no industry.

    JOHN LOCKE
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram John Locke Quote - 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.

    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.

    JOHN LOCKE
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram John Locke Quote - I doubt not, but from self-evident Propositions, by necessary Consequences, as incontestable as those in Mathematics, the measures of right and wrong might be made out.

    I doubt not, but from self-evident Propositions, by necessary Consequences, as incontestable as those in Mathematics, the measures of right and wrong might be made out.

    JOHN LOCKE
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram John Locke Quote - It is of great use to the sailor to know the length of his line, though he cannot with it fathom all the depths of the ocean.

    It is of great use to the sailor to know the length of his line, though he cannot with it fathom all the depths of the ocean.

    JOHN LOCKE
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram John Locke Quote - 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.

    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.

    JOHN LOCKE
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram John Locke Quote - Affectation is an awkward and forced imitation of what should be genuine and easy, wanting the beauty that accompanies what is natural. Download This Image

    Affectation is an awkward and forced imitation of what should be genuine and easy, wanting the beauty that accompanies what is natural.

    JOHN LOCKE
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram John Locke Quote - 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. Download This Image

    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
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram John Locke Quote - So 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.

    So 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 LOCKE