--- title: "4 Arbitrary Quotes By John Locke" description: "4 Arbitrary quotes by John Locke. Plus more from John Locke and more Arbitrary sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/345/john-locke-814_america-freedom_whenever-legislators-endeavor-to-take-aw_1201460.jpg" --- > [Whenever legislators endeavor to take away and destroy the property of the people, or to reduce them to slavery under arbitrary power,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-locke/whenever-legislators-endeavor-to-take-away-and-destroy-the-property/) [John Locke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-locke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/345/john-locke-814_america-freedom_whenever-legislators-endeavor-to-take-aw_1201460.jpg) > [Freedom of men under government is to have a standing rule to live by, common to every one of that society and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-locke/freedom-of-men-under-government-is-to-have-a-standing-rule-to-live-by/) [John Locke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-locke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9e6/john-locke-814_another-man_freedom-of-men-under-government-is-to-ha_1882483.png) > [ Tis a Mistake to think this Fault \[tyranny\] is proper only to Monarchies; other Forms of Government are liable to it, as… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-locke/tis-a-mistake-to-think-this-fault-tyranny-is-proper-only-to/) [John Locke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-locke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/061/john-locke-814_arbitrary_tis-a-mistake-to-think-this-fault-tyrann_1921223.jpg) > [If you punish him for what he sees you practise yourself, he... will be apt to interpret it the peevishness and arbitrary…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-locke/if-you-punish-him-for-what-he-sees-you-practise-yourself-he-will-be/) [John Locke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-locke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/da1/john-locke-814_arbitrary_if-you-punish-him-for-what-he-sees-you-p_2775103.png) ## More by John Locke > [I thought that I had no time for faith nor time to pray, then I saw an armless man saying his Rosary with his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-locke/i-thought-that-i-had-no-time-for-faith-nor-time-to-pray-then-i-saw-an/) [John Locke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-locke/) > [I pretend not to teach, but to inquire.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-locke/i-pretend-not-to-teach-but-to-inquire/) [John Locke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-locke/) > [If we trace the progress of our minds, and with attention observe how it repeats, adds together, and unites its simple ideas received from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-locke/if-we-trace-the-progress-of-our-minds-and-with-attention-observe-how/) [John Locke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-locke/) > [Thus parents, by humouring and cockering them when little, corrupt the principles of nature in their children, and wonder afterwards to taste the bitter…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-locke/thus-parents-by-humouring-and-cockering-them-when-little-corrupt-the/) [John Locke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-locke/) > [ “\[M\]an is not permitted without censure to follow his own thoughts in the search of truth, when they lead him ever so little out… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-locke/m-an-is-not-permitted-without-censure-to-follow-his-own-thoughts-in/) [John Locke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-locke/) > [Fashion for the most part is nothing but the ostentation of riches.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-locke/fashion-for-the-most-part-is-nothing-but-the-ostentation-of-riches/) [John Locke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-locke/) > [When we know our own strength, we shall the better know what to undertake with hopes of success.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-locke/when-we-know-our-own-strength-we-shall-the-better-know-what-to/) [John Locke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-locke/) > [Every man has a property in his own person. This nobody has a right to, but himself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-locke/every-man-has-a-property-in-his-own-person-this-nobody-has-a-right-to/) [John Locke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-locke/) > [“Earthly minds, like mud-walls, resist the strongest batteries: And though perhaps sometimes the force of a clear argument may make some impression, yet they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-locke/earthly-minds-like-mud-walls-resist-the-strongest-batteries-and/) [John Locke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-locke/) > [“To avoid this state of war (wherein there is no appeal but to heaven, and wherein every the least difference is apt to end,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-locke/to-avoid-this-state-of-war-wherein-there-is-no-appeal-but-to-heaven/) [John Locke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-locke/) > [If by gaining knowledge we destroy our health, we labour for a thing that will be useless in our hands.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-locke/if-by-gaining-knowledge-we-destroy-our-health-we-labour-for-a-thing/) [John Locke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-locke/) > [“don’t let the things you don’t have prevent you from using the things you do have.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-locke/don-t-let-the-things-you-don-t-have-prevent-you-from-using-the-things/) [John Locke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-locke/) > [Power to do good is the true and lawful act of aspiring; for good thoughts (though God accept them), yet towards men are little…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-locke/power-to-do-good-is-the-true-and-lawful-act-of-aspiring-for-good/) [John Locke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-locke/) > [The body of People may with Respect resist intolerable Tyranny.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-locke/the-body-of-people-may-with-respect-resist-intolerable-tyranny/) [John Locke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-locke/) > [Anger is uneasiness or discomposure of the mind upon the receipt of any injury, with a present purpose of revenge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-locke/anger-is-uneasiness-or-discomposure-of-the-mind-upon-the-receipt-of/) [John Locke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-locke/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/arbitrary/john-locke/#itemlist", "name": "4 Arbitrary Quotes By John Locke", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Whenever legislators endeavor to take away and destroy the property of the people, or to reduce them to slavery under arbitrary power, they put themselves into a state of war with the people, who are thereupon absolved from any further obedience.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "John Locke" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-locke/whenever-legislators-endeavor-to-take-away-and-destroy-the-property/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/345/john-locke-814_america-freedom_whenever-legislators-endeavor-to-take-aw_1201460.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/345/john-locke-814_america-freedom_whenever-legislators-endeavor-to-take-aw_1201460.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/345/john-locke-814_america-freedom_whenever-legislators-endeavor-to-take-aw_1201460.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Whenever legislators endeavor to take away and destroy the property of the people, or to reduce them to…” — John Locke", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Freedom of men under government is to have a standing rule to live by, common to every one of that society and made by the legislative power vested in it and not to be subject to the inconstant, uncertain, arbitrary will of another man.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "John Locke" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-locke/freedom-of-men-under-government-is-to-have-a-standing-rule-to-live-by/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9e6/john-locke-814_another-man_freedom-of-men-under-government-is-to-ha_1882483.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9e6/john-locke-814_another-man_freedom-of-men-under-government-is-to-ha_1882483.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9e6/john-locke-814_another-man_freedom-of-men-under-government-is-to-ha_1882483.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Freedom of men under government is to have a standing rule to live by, common to every one of that society…” — John Locke", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Tis a Mistake to think this Fault [tyranny] is proper only to Monarchies; 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