Notes

“Being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty, or possessions.” ― John Locke, Second Treatise of Government

“So that, in effect, religion, which should most distinguish us from beasts, and ought most peculiarly to elevate us, as rational creatures, above brutes, is that wherein men often appear most irrational, and more senseless than beasts themselves.” ― John Locke
“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
“The reason why men enter into society is the preservation of their property.” – John Locke
“The condition of man... is a condition of war of everyone against everyone.” – Thomas Hobbes
“There is no such thing as perpetual tranquility of mind while we live here; because life itself is but motion, and can never be without desire, nor without fear, no more than without sense.” –Thomas Hobbes
“The secret thoughts of a man run over all things, holy, profane, clean, obscene, grave, and light, without shame or blame.” –Thomas Hobbes
“It is not wisdom but Authority that makes a law.” –Thomas Hobbes