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Political theory4 quotes
Where-ever Law ends, Tyranny begins. — John Locke · 1690The only way whereby any one divests himself of his natural liberty and puts on the bonds of civil society is by agreeing with other men to join and unite into a community. — John Locke · 1690Man being...by nature all free, equal, and independent, no one can be put out of this estate and subjected to the political power of another without his own consent. — John Locke · 1690The great and chief end, therefore, of men's uniting into commonwealths and putting themselves under government is the preservation of their property. — John Locke · 1690Politics4 quotes
Where-ever Law ends, Tyranny begins. — John Locke · 1690The only way whereby any one divests himself of his natural liberty and puts on the bonds of civil society is by agreeing with other men to join and unite into a community. — John Locke · 1690Man being...by nature all free, equal, and independent, no one can be put out of this estate and subjected to the political power of another without his own consent. — John Locke · 1690The great and chief end, therefore, of men's uniting into commonwealths and putting themselves under government is the preservation of their property. — John Locke · 1690Property rights2 quotes
The great and chief end, therefore, of men's uniting into commonwealths and putting themselves under government is the preservation of their property. — John Locke · 1690Man...has by nature a power...to preserve his property—that is, his life, liberty, and estate—against the injuries and attempts of other men. — John Locke · 1690Reason2 quotes
Reason is natural revelation, whereby the eternal Father of light, and fountain of all knowledge, communicates to mankind that portion of truth which he has laid within the reach of their natural faculties. — John Locke · 1690There are very few lovers of truth for truth-sake, even among those who persuade themselves that they are so. How a man may know whether he be so in earnest, is worth inquiry: and I think there is one unerring mark of it, viz. The not entertaining any proposition with greater assurance than the proofs it is built upon will warrant. Whoever goes beyond this measure of assent, it is plain, receives not truth in the love of it, loves not truth for truth-sake, but for some other by-end. — John Locke · 1690Beliefs1 quote
Crooked things may be as stiff and unflexible as straight; and men may be as positive and peremptory in error as in truth. — John Locke · 1690Convictions1 quote
Crooked things may be as stiff and unflexible as straight; and men may be as positive and peremptory in error as in truth. — John Locke · 1690Corporal punishment1 quote
The Rod, which is the only Instrument of Government that Tutors generally know, or ever think of, is the most unfit of any to be us'd in Education. — John Locke · 1693Creation1 quote
Nature never makes excellent things for mean or no uses. — John Locke · 1690Efficiency of nature1 quote
Nature never makes excellent things for mean or no uses. — John Locke · 1690Epistemology1 quote
Let us then suppose the mind to be, as we say, white paper, void of all characters, without any ideas; how comes it to be furnished?... Whence has it all the materials of reason and knowledge? To this I answer, in one word, from experience. — John Locke · 1690Erroneous beliefs1 quote
Crooked things may be as stiff and unflexible as straight; and men may be as positive and peremptory in error as in truth. — John Locke · 1690Evidence1 quote
There are very few lovers of truth for truth-sake, even among those who persuade themselves that they are so. How a man may know whether he be so in earnest, is worth inquiry: and I think there is one unerring mark of it, viz. The not entertaining any proposition with greater assurance than the proofs it is built upon will warrant. Whoever goes beyond this measure of assent, it is plain, receives not truth in the love of it, loves not truth for truth-sake, but for some other by-end. — John Locke · 1690Fathers and sons1 quote
He that will have his Son have a Respect for him and his Orders, must himself have a great Reverence for his Son. — John Locke · 1693Formation of character1 quote
Virtue is harder to be got, than a Knowledge of the World; and, if lost in a young Man, is seldom recover'd. — John Locke · 1693Incentives1 quote
Good and Evil, Reward and Punishment, are the only Motives to a rational Creature: These are the Spur and Reins whereby all Mankind are set on Work, and guided. — John Locke · 1693Inevitability of mistakes1 quote
All men are liable to error, and most men are in many points, by passion or interest, under temptation to it. — John Locke · 1690Innovation1 quote
New opinions are always suspected, and usually opposed, without any other reason but because they are not already common. — John Locke · 1690Law1 quote
Where-ever Law ends, Tyranny begins. — John Locke · 1690Mistakes1 quote
All men are liable to error, and most men are in many points, by passion or interest, under temptation to it. — John Locke · 1690Natural law1 quote
Man...has by nature a power...to preserve his property—that is, his life, liberty, and estate—against the injuries and attempts of other men. — John Locke · 1690Nature1 quote
Nature never makes excellent things for mean or no uses. — John Locke · 1690Nature of man1 quote
Man being...by nature all free, equal, and independent, no one can be put out of this estate and subjected to the political power of another without his own consent. — John Locke · 1690Purpose of government1 quote
The great and chief end, therefore, of men's uniting into commonwealths and putting themselves under government is the preservation of their property. — John Locke · 1690Purpose of law1 quote
The end of law is not to abolish or restrain but to preserve and enlarge freedom. — John Locke · 1690Raising kids1 quote
He that will have his Son have a Respect for him and his Orders, must himself have a great Reverence for his Son. — John Locke · 1693Resistance to change1 quote
New opinions are always suspected, and usually opposed, without any other reason but because they are not already common. — John Locke · 1690Rule of law1 quote
Where-ever Law ends, Tyranny begins. — John Locke · 1690Status quo1 quote
New opinions are always suspected, and usually opposed, without any other reason but because they are not already common. — John Locke · 1690Truth1 quote
There are very few lovers of truth for truth-sake, even among those who persuade themselves that they are so. How a man may know whether he be so in earnest, is worth inquiry: and I think there is one unerring mark of it, viz. The not entertaining any proposition with greater assurance than the proofs it is built upon will warrant. Whoever goes beyond this measure of assent, it is plain, receives not truth in the love of it, loves not truth for truth-sake, but for some other by-end. — John Locke · 1690Truth and error1 quote
It is one thing, to show a man that he is in an error; and another, to put him in possession of truth. — John Locke · 1690