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There is frequently more to be learned from the unexpected questions of a child than the discourses of men.
John Locke
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John Locke
Age: 72 †
Born: 1632
Born: August 29
Died: 1704
Died: October 28
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All mankind... being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty or possessions.
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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.
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