I have no reason to suppose that he, who would take away my Liberty, would not when he had me in his Power, take away everything else.
JOHN LOCKEWhoever 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.
More John Locke Quotes
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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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Curiosity should be as carefully cherish’d in children, as other appetites suppress’d.
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A criminal who, having renounced reason … hath, by the unjust violence and slaughter he hath committed upon one, declared war against all mankind, and therefore may be destroyed as a lion or tiger, one of those wild savage beasts with whom men can have no society nor security.
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The mind is furnished with ideas by experience alone
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When ideas float in our mind, without any reflection or regard of the understanding, it is that which the French call reverie.
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Who are we to tell anyone what they can or can’t do?
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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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So difficult it is to show the various meanings and imperfections of words when we have nothing else but words to do it with.
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In the beginning, all the world was America.
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A king is a mortal god on earth, unto whom the living God hath lent his own name as a great honour; but withal told him, he should die like a man, lest he should be proud, and flatter himself that God hath with his name imparted unto him his nature also.
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Words, in their primary or immediate signification, stand for nothing but the ideas in the mind of him who uses them.
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Let not men think there is no truth, but in the sciences that they study, or the books that they read.
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[Individuals] have a right to defend themselves and recover by force what by unlawful force is taken from them.
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Neither the inveterateness of the mischief, nor the prevalency of the fashion, shall be any excuse for those who will not take care about the meaning of their own words, and will not suffer the insignificancy of their expressions to be inquired into.
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