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

Quote by John Locke

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Our deeds disguise us. People need endless time to try on their deeds, until each...

Our deeds disguise us. People need endless time to try on their deeds, until each...

Logic is the anatomy of thought

Logic is the anatomy of thought

Vague and mysterious forms of speech, and abuse of language, have so long passed for...

Vague and mysterious forms of speech, and abuse of language, have so long passed for...

Fortitude is the guard and support of the other virtues.

Fortitude is the guard and support of the other virtues.

Ll men are liable to error; and most men are, in many points, by passion...

Ll men are liable to error; and most men are, in many points, by passion...

Freedom of men under government is to have a standing rule to live by, common...

Freedom of men under government is to have a standing rule to live by, common...

What worries you, masters you.

What worries you, masters you.

An excellent man, like precious metal, is in every way invariable; A villain, like the...

An excellent man, like precious metal, is in every way invariable; A villain, like the...

The only fence against the world is a thorough knowledge of it.

The only fence against the world is a thorough knowledge of it.

The reason why men enter into society is the preservation of their property.

The reason why men enter into society is the preservation of their property.

The end of law is not to abolish or restrain, but to preserve and enlarge...

The end of law is not to abolish or restrain, but to preserve and enlarge...

For law, in its true notion, is not so much the limitation, as the direction...

For law, in its true notion, is not so much the limitation, as the direction...

I have always thought the actions of men the best interpreters of their thoughts.

I have always thought the actions of men the best interpreters of their thoughts.

Where there is no property there is no injustice.

Where there is no property there is no injustice.

He that judges without informing himself to the utmost that he is capable, cannot acquit...

He that judges without informing himself to the utmost that he is capable, cannot acquit...

The reason why men enter into society is the preservation of their property.

The reason why men enter into society is the preservation of their property.

Memory is the power to revive again in our minds those ideas which after imprinting...

Memory is the power to revive again in our minds those ideas which after imprinting...

Creditors have better memories than debtors.

Creditors have better memories than debtors.

Memories are hunting horns whose sound dies on the wind.

Memories are hunting horns whose sound dies on the wind.

Long ago, it must be, I have a photograph ~~ Preserve your memories, they're all...

Long ago, it must be, I have a photograph ~~ Preserve your memories, they're all...