Though I have said above.... That all men by Nature are equal, I cannot be supposed to understand all sorts of Equality Age or Virtue may give Men a just Precedency Excellency of Parts and Merit may place others above the common level Birth may subject some, and Alliance or Benefits others, to pay an Observance to those to whom Nature, Gratitude or other Respects may have made it due and yet all this consists with the Equality which all men are in, in respect of Jurisdiction or Dominion one over another, which was the Equality I there spoke of ... being that equal Right that every Man hath, to his natural Freedom, without being subjected to the Will or Authority of any other Man.
More Quotes from John Locke:
He that will have his son have respect for him and his orders, must himself have a great reverence for his son.John Locke
Practice conquers the habit of doing, without reflecting on the rule.
John Locke
Man... hath by nature a power.... to preserve his property - that is, his life, liberty, and estate - against the injuries and attempts of other men.
John Locke
Reason is natural revelation, whereby the eternal father of light, and fountain of all knowledge, communicates to mankind that portion of truth which he has laid within the reach of their natural faculties revelation is natural reason enlarged by a new set of discoveries communicated by God....
John Locke
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 only fence against the world is a thorough knowledge of it.
John Locke
Readers Who Like This Quotation Also Like:
Based on Topics: Birth Quotes, Equality Quotes, Gratitude Quotes, Liberty & Freedom Quotes, Man Quotes, Nature Quotes, Respect Quotes, Vice & Virtue QuotesBased on Keywords: excellency, precedency
I'd rather be strongly wrong than weakly right.
Tallulah Bankhead
Soldiers and peasants lived together on friendly terms; they knew each other and their everyday routines, and trusted each other; they shook their heads together over the war.
Ernst Toller
Admire a small ship, but put your freight in a large one; for the larger the load, the greater will be the profit upon profit.
Hesiod