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Dive into the profound thoughts of John Locke, one of history's most influential philosophers. This collection features his most impactful quotes on natural rights, liberty, government, and the importance of experience. Discover timeless insights that have shaped modern political thought and continue to inspire.

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00:00All mankind being naturally equal and free, no one can be subjected to the political power of another without his
00:07own consent.
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00:12The end of law is not to abolish or restrain, but to preserve and enlarge freedom.
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00:23Government has no other end but the preservation of property.
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00:31Wherever law ends tyranny begins.
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00:38All men are naturally in a state of perfect freedom to order their actions and dispose of their possessions and
00:45persons as they think fit, within the bounds of the law of nature.
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00:54No man's knowledge here can go beyond his experience.
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01:27The reason men enter into society is the preservation of their property.
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01:36Education is the great engine of personal development.
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01:45It is one thing to show a man that he is in error and another to put him in possession
01:49of truth.
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01:55The state of nature has a law of nature to govern it which obliges everyone, and reason, which is that
02:01law teaches all mankind, who will but consult it that being all equal and independent no one ought to harm
02:07another in his life, health, liberty, or possessions.
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02:15All power of the supreme legislative or supreme executive over society is so far limited as that it is a
02:22settled law and not any arbitrary power.
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02:29Liberty is to be free from the restraint and violence from others which is not, as I were before, a
02:35liberty for every man to do what he lists.
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02:42The powers of the mind are not at our command.
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02:49As individuals we are not owners of ourselves but possessions of God.
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02:59To want is a degree of misery.
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03:06The boy is to be governed not by his own will, but by the will of his father.
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03:15What reason suggests that it is our duty to believe.
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03:24Man is not the owner of himself but the property of God.
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03:30The room is in量 of to be governed not by himself.
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