[expressing John Locke's view]...whenever anyone threatens any other innocent human in a way that makes manifest an ignorance or disregard of the fundamental equality as regards the right to self-preservation, the creature in human shape who acts in this way is to be treated by any and all other rational humans as a wild, clever, and therefore very dangerous animal, to be destroyed (if necessary) in order to safeguard the rest.
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It is not conclusive proof of a doctrine's correctness that its adversaries use the police, the hangman, and violent mobs read more
It is not conclusive proof of a doctrine's correctness that its adversaries use the police, the hangman, and violent mobs to fight it. But it is a proof of the fact that those taking recourse to violent oppression are in their subconsciousness convinced of the untenability of their own doctrines.
From each, according to his ability; to each, according to his need.
From each, according to his ability; to each, according to his need.
Be England what she will, with all her faults she is my country still.
Be England what she will, with all her faults she is my country still.
Property is a central economic institution of any society, and private property is the central institution of a free society.
Property is a central economic institution of any society, and private property is the central institution of a free society.
No man is entitled to the blessings of freedom unless he be vigilant in its preservation.
No man is entitled to the blessings of freedom unless he be vigilant in its preservation.
I am truly free only when all human beings, men and women, are equally free. The freedom of other men, read more
I am truly free only when all human beings, men and women, are equally free. The freedom of other men, far from negating or limiting my freedom, is, on the contrary, its necessary premise and confirmation.
My father was a minister. I had to make up for the lack of sin.
My father was a minister. I had to make up for the lack of sin.
You can get a lot more done with a kind word and a gun, than with a kind word alone.
You can get a lot more done with a kind word and a gun, than with a kind word alone.
