If, then, there must be something eternal, let us see what sort of Being it must be. And to that it is very obvious to Reason, that it must necessarily be a cogitative Being. For it is as impossible to conceive that ever bare incogitative Matter should produce a thinking intelligent Being, as that nothing should of itself produce Matter.

John Locke

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All men by nature are equal in that equal right that every man hath to his natural freedom, without being subjected to the will or authority of any other man; being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty or possessions.

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What worries you, masters you. by John Locke

What worries you, masters you.

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It is labour indeed that puts the difference on everything. by John Locke

It is labour indeed that puts the difference on everything.

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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.

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There are a thousand ways to Wealth, but only one way to Heaven. by John Locke

There are a thousand ways to Wealth, but only one way to Heaven.

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Who lies for you will lie against you. by John Locke

Who lies for you will lie against you.

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Any single man must judge for himself whether circumstances warrant obedience or resistance to the commands of the civil magistrate; we are all qualified, entitled, and morally obliged to evaluate the conduct of our rulers. This political judgment, moreover, is not simply or primarily a right, but like self-preservation, a duty to God. As such it is a judgment that men cannot part with according to the God of Nature. It is the first and foremost of our inalienable rights without which we can preserve no other.

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Don't let the things you don't have prevent you from using what y... by John Locke

Don't let the things you don't have prevent you from using what you do have.

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.

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The most precious of all possessions is power over ourselves. by John Locke

The most precious of all possessions is power over ourselves.

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Our incomes are like our shoes; if too small, they gall and pinch us; but if too large, they cause us to stumble and to trip.

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The end of law is not to abolish or restrain, but to preserve and enlarge freedom. For in all the states of created beings capable of law, where there is no law, there is no freedom.

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Liberty is to be free from restraint and violence from others by John Locke

Liberty is to be free from restraint and violence from others

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Tis a Mistake to think this Fault [tyranny] is proper only to Monarchies; other Forms of Government are liable to it, as well as that. For where-ever the Power that is put in any hands for the Government of the People, and the Preservation of their Properties, is applied to other ends, and made use of to impoverish, harass, or subdue them to the Arbitrary and Irregular Commands of those that have it: There it presently becomes Tyranny, whether those that thus use it are one or many.

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Every man has a property in his own person. This nobody has a rig... by John Locke

Every man has a property in his own person. This nobody has a right to, but himself.

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Revolt is the right of the people by John Locke

Revolt is the right of the people

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Wherever Law ends, Tyranny begins. by John Locke

Wherever Law ends, Tyranny begins.

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It is one thing to show a man that he is in an error, and another to put him in possession of the truth.

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If any one shall claim a power to lay and levy taxes on the people by his own authority and without such consent of the people, he thereby invades the fundamental law of property, and subverts the end of government.

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Education begins the gentleman, but reading, good company, and re... by John Locke

Education begins the gentleman, but reading, good company, and reflection must finish him.

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