John Locke

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. ↗

— John Locke

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All men are liable to error; and most men are, in many points, by passion or interest, under temptation to it. ↗

— John Locke

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

— John Locke

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

— John Locke

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Where there is no property there is no injustice. ↗

— John Locke

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Government has no other end, but the preservation of property. ↗

— John Locke

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The dread of evil is a much more forcible principle of human actions than the prospect of good. ↗

— John Locke

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Parents wonder why the streams are bitter, when they themselves have poisoned the fountain. ↗

— John Locke

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I have spent more than half a lifetime trying to express the tragic moment. ↗

— John Locke

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Fortitude is the guard and support of the other virtues. ↗

— John Locke

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