John Locke

John LockeJohn Locke (1632-1704) was an English philosopher and physician, widely regarded as one of the most influential of Enlightenment thinkers and commonly known as the “father of liberalism.”

John Locke Quotes

Hence it is a mistake to think, that the supreme or legislative power of any common-wealth, can do what it will, and dispose of the estates of the subject arbitrarily, or take any part of them at pleasure.

—John Locke

Hence it is a mistake to think, that the supreme or legislative power of any common-wealth, can do what it will, and dispose of the estates of the subject arbitrarily, or take any part of them at pleasure.

—John Locke

I think I may say, that of all the men we meet with, nine parts of ten are what they are, good or evil, useful or not, by their education.

—John Locke

Whenever law ends, tyranny begins

—John Locke

Let not men think there is no truth but in the sciences that they study, or the books that they read. To prejudge other men’s notions before we have looked into them is not to shew their darkness, but to put out our own eyes.

—John Locke

Let not men think there is no truth but in the sciences that they study, or the books that they read. To prejudge other men’s notions before we have looked into them is not to shew their darkness, but to put out our own eyes.

—John Locke

Affectation is an awkward and forced imitation of what should be genuine and easy, wanting the Beauty that accompanies what is natural.

—John Locke