398 Quotes by John Locke

If any one shall claim a power to lay and levy taxes on the people by his own authority and without such consent of the people, he thereby invades the fundamental law of property, and subverts the end of government.

A man may live long, and die at last in ignorance of many truths, which his mind was capable of knowing, and that with certainty.

No man's knowledge here can go beyond his experience.

'Tis true that governments cannot be supported without great charge, and it is fit everyone who enjoys a share of protection should pay out of his estate his proportion of the maintenance of it.

Wherever Law ends, Tyranny begins.

A sound mind in a sound body is a short but full description of a happy state in this world.

The Bible is one of the greatest blessings bestowed by God on the children of men. It has God for its author; salvation for its end, and truth without any mixture for its matter. It is all pure.

In my opinion, understanding who your target audience is, and what they want, and writing to them (and only them!) is the most important component of being successful as an author.

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