John Locke Quotes About Freedom

Quotes about: Freedom

• The end of law is not to abolish or restrain, but to preserve and enlarge freedom. For in all the states of created beings capable of law, where there is no law, there is no freedom.

  John Locke

  Freedom, Law, Ends

  John Locke (1821). “Two treatises of government”, p.234

• 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.

  John Locke

  Freedom, War, People

  John Locke (1947). “Two Treatises of Government: With a Supplement, Patriarcha, by Robert Filmer”, p.233, Simon and Schuster

• Where there is no law there is no freedom.

  John Locke

  Freedom, Law, Liberty

  John Locke (1821). “Two treatises of government”, p.234

• Is it worth the name of freedom to be at liberty to play the fool?

  John Locke

  Freedom, Play, Names

  John Locke, James Augustus St. John (1872). “Philosophical Works: Preliminary discourse by the editor. On the conduct of the understanding. An essay concerning human understanding”, p.391

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