To love our neighbor as ourselves is such a truth for regulating human society, that by that alone one might determine all the cases in social morality.

Quote by John Locke

Topics: Ethics Quotes, Truth Quotes

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.

One unerring mark of the love of truth is not entertaining any proposition with greater...

One unerring mark of the love of truth is not entertaining any proposition with greater...

I attribute the little I know to my not having been ashamed to ask for...

I attribute the little I know to my not having been ashamed to ask for...

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

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

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

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

Reverie is when ideas float in our mind without reflection or regard of the understanding.

Reverie is when ideas float in our mind without reflection or regard of the understanding.

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

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

But there is only one thing which gathers people into seditious commotion, and that is...

But there is only one thing which gathers people into seditious commotion, and that is...

I find every sect, as far as reason will help them, make use of it...

I find every sect, as far as reason will help them, make use of it...

New opinions are always suspected, and usually opposed, without any other reason but because they...

New opinions are always suspected, and usually opposed, without any other reason but because they...

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...

Our incomes are like our shoes; if too small, they gall and pinch us; but...

Our incomes are like our shoes; if too small, they gall and pinch us; but...

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

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

It is of great use to the sailor to know the length of his line,...

It is of great use to the sailor to know the length of his line,...

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...

Good and evil, reward and punishment, are the only motives to a rational creature: these...

Good and evil, reward and punishment, are the only motives to a rational creature: these...

There is frequently more to be learned from the unexpected questions of a child than...

There is frequently more to be learned from the unexpected questions of a child than...

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...

Governments don't control things. A government can't control the economy without controlling people.

Governments don't control things. A government can't control the economy without controlling people.

If it were not for the government, we should have nothing to laugh at in...

If it were not for the government, we should have nothing to laugh at in...