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“[Individuals] have a right to defend themselves and recover by force what by unlawful force is taken from them.”

Book:Second Treatise of Government and a Letter Concerning Toleration

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Second Treatise of Government and a Letter Concerning Toleration

This book consists of two treatises that delve into the principles of government and the importance of religious freedom. The first treatise, 'Second Treatise of Government,' examines the nature of political authority and the rights of individuals within a state. The second treatise, 'Letter Concerning Toleration,' argues for the acceptance of different religious beliefs and the need for religious freedom. more

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John Locke

John Locke (August 29, 1632 - October 28, 1704) was an English philosopher, political theorist, and physician, considered one of the most influential figures of the Enlightenment. His ideas have had a profound impact on political philosophy, ethics, and epistemology. more

“[I]t being reasonable and just, I should have a right to destroy that which threatens me with destruction: for by the fundamental law of nature, man being to be preserved as much as possible, when all cannot be preserved, the safety of the innocent is to be preferred: and one may destroy a man who makes war upon him, or has discovered an enmity to his being, for the same reason that he may kill a Wolf or a lion.”

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Book:The Second Treatise of Government: (An Essay Concerning the True Original, Extent and End of Civil Government), And, A Letter Concerning Toleration

Source: The Second Treatise of Government: (An Essay Concerning the True Original, Extent and End of Civil Government), And, A Letter Concerning Toleration

“[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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Book:The Second Treatise of Civil Government

Source: The Second Treatise of Civil Government

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“Those are not at all to be tolerated who deny the being of God. Promises, covenants, and oaths, which are the bonds of human society, can have no hold upon an atheist. The taking away of God, though but even in thought, dissolves all.”

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Book:Locke: Political Writings

Source: Locke: Political Writings

“Curiosity in children ... is but an appetite after knowledge and therefore ought to be encouraged in them, not only as a good sign, but as the great instrument nature has provided to remove that ignorance they were born with and which, without this busy inquisitiveness, will make them dull and useless creatures.”