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John Locke Biography/Background Information John Locke, born in 1632, was an Oxford graduate, medical researcher and British philosopher. He was led to a successful government career by tutor Anthony Ashley Cooper. Many of Locke’s ideas were thought to oppose authoritarianism. Locke suggested that we use our own reason and research rather than to simply accept the opinion of authorities which supported his belief that people were born with a blank mind. He was also a firm believer in using reason to determine the truth. Thomas Jefferson even said he was one of the three greatest men that had ever lived. Locke believed in the natural rights of human beings and through his beliefs and ideals he was a large factor in creating the Declaration of Independence.

Quotes/ Visuals All mankind... being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty or possessions.

All men are liable to error; and most men are, in many points, by passion or interest, under temptation to it.

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

I attribute the little I know to my not having been ashamed to ask for information, and to my rule of conversing with all descriptions of men on those topics that form their own peculiar professions and pursuits.

It is one thing to show a man that he is in an error, and another to put him in possession of the truth.

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



Contributions to the ideal of Democracy


 * Locke** ** à Declaration of Independence:** Direct Locke quotes that directly relate to the Declaration of Independence


 * Natural Rights:**


 * “The state of nature has a low to govern it” “life, liberty, and property.” à ”Laws of Nature and Nature’s God” “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness”


 * Purpose of Government:**


 * “to preserve himself, his liberty, and property” à “to secure these rights"


 * Equality:**


 * “men being by nature all free, equal and independent” à “all men are created equal”


 * Consent of Governed:**


 * “For when any number of men have, by the consent of every individual, made a community, with a power to act as one body, which is only by the will and determination of the majority” à ”Governments are instituted among men,deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.”

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