“Liberalism is a creation of the seventeenth century, fathered by British philosopher John Locke (1632–1704). For Locke, liberalism means limited government, the… — Peter Boghossian Copy Share Image
“The “pursuit of happiness” is such a key element of the “American (ideological) dream” that one tends to forget the contingent origin… — Slavoj Žižek Copy Share Image
The theory of social contracts extends as far back as Plato. However, it was the great 18th century social philosophers John Locke,… — Simon Mainwaring Copy Share Image
“John Locke says that whatever other tasks a government undertakes—whether humanitarian or otherwise—its primary duty is to protect its own citizens from… — Dinesh D'Souza Copy Share Image
Conscious mind is a spatial analog of the world and mental acts are analogs of bodily acts. Consciousness operates only on objectively… — Julian Jaynes Copy Share Image
“No one can tell you for certain if we have free will or we don't. [...] Whatever you choose to believe, you… — J.W. Ironmonger Copy Share Image
Virtue is the habit of acting according to wisdom. GOTTFRIED WILHELM LEIBNIZ, "Felicity", Leibniz: Political Writings Virtue is harder to be got… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
What higher property do you have than your own person? I totally agree, by the way, with John Locke's idea that one's… — Murray Bookchin Copy Share Image
“I want you to know...that you can trust me." John locked eyes with her and was instantly transported to a different plane… — J.R. Ward Copy Share Image
“Whenever the legislators endeavour to take away and destroy the property of the people, or to reduce them to slavery under arbitrary… — Murray N. Rothbard Copy Share Image
Neither Pagan nor Mahamedan nor Jew ought to be excluded from the civil rights of the Commonwealth because of his religion. -quoting… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
However, it was the great 18th century social philosophers John Locke, Thomas Hobbes, and Jean-Jacques Rousseau who brought the concept of a… — Simon Mainwaring Copy Share Image
“Medical Warning: Talk to your doctor before beginning a John Locke series, as studies have shown them to be habit-forming and highly… — John Locke Copy Share Image
The myth that the founding of American Republic was based on the philosophy of John Locke could only have been maintained, because… — Robert Trout Copy Share Image
“Classical theorists (foremost John Locke, a British philosopher greatly admired by the founders) captured the predicament in the idea of a preconstitutional… — Michael S. Greve Copy Share Image
“John Locke, called the Father of Liberalism, made the argument that the individual instead of the community was the foundation of society.… — Lierre Keith Copy Share Image
If the layman cannot participate in decision making, he will have to turn himself over, essentially blind, to a hermetic elite. ...… — Gerald Holton Copy Share Image
“The John Locke Foundation also sponsored the North Carolina History Project, which aimed to reorient the state’s teaching of its history by… — Jane Mayer Copy Share Image
People ask me, 'Are you worried you're going to be typecast as a John Locke type of guy?' I say he's the… — Terry O'Quinn Copy Share Image
A king is a mortal god on earth, unto whom the living God hath lent his own name as a great honour;… — Alexander Pope Copy Share Image
I continue to take inspiration from John Locke, John Stuart Mill and those more recent freedom fighters of the 1960s who challenged… — Claire Fox Copy Share Image
John Locke invented common sense, and only Englishmen have had it ever since! — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
“critics, like Dean Debnam, a liberal North Carolina businessman, accused Pope of exhibiting “a plantation mentality” by keeping “people working part time…He… — Jane Mayer Copy Share Image
“The idea of formulated 'rights ... comes not from John Locke and Thomas Jefferson ... but from the canon law of the Catholic Church. ” — Thomas E. Woods Jr Copy Share Image
