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 LOCKEFreedom of men under government is to have a standing rule to live by, common to every one of that society and made by the legislative power vested in it and not to be subject to the inconstant, uncertain, arbitrary will of another man.
More John Locke Quotes
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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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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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The body of People may with Respect resist intolerable Tyranny.
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What if everything that happened here, happened for a reason?
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Don’t tell me what I can’t do!
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There cannot be greater rudeness than to interrupt another in the current of his discourse.
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Success in fighting means not coming at your opponent the way he wants to fight you.
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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.
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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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He that judges without informing himself to the utmost that he is capable, cannot acquit himself of judging amiss
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Nothing is in the intellect that was not first in the senses.
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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.
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In the beginning, all the world was America.
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The mind is furnished with ideas by experience alone
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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.
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