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Quote from John Locke,


"Freedom of men under government is to have a standing rule to live by,
common to every one of that society and
made by the legislative power vested in it and not to be subject to
the inconstant, uncertain, arbitrary will of another man."


By:

John Locke (more quotes by John Locke or books by/about John Locke)


(1632-1704) English philosopher and political theorist

Source:

Two Treatises on Government, 1690

Categories:

Despotism, Freedom, Government, Justice, Law, Liberty, Oppression, Power, Tyranny

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