John Locke was will and most influential people in the French Revolution also in the American Revolution. ... Which John Locke's ideas of natural laws helped because he believed that if a government fails to provide the citizens with these laws that the citizens have the right to overthrow the government. ... Now John Locke had to do with even the American Revolution with the same ideas if the English colonists wanting freedom from England didn't want to have to pay taxes to England which he also had a big influence in. ... John Locke is known as one of the most influential philosop...

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Locke John Locke's Second Treatise of Government was written in the 18th Century only to defend the cause of the Glorious Revolution of 1688 in England and later used to justify the American Revolution of the late 18th Century. ... Locke has since become a classical contribution to the theory of constitutional government. ... However, the liberal state fought back by finding their political base in John Locke's Second Treatise of Government. ... Locke argued that a society would never grant absolute or arbitrary power to any government. ... Mainly, Locke contrasted on the...

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John Locke, who was born in 17th century England, was a philosopher and physician and to this day is regarded as one of the most influential philosophers of all time. ... Thomas Jefferson, who originally wrote the Declaration of Independence, respected John Locke immensely. He called Locke one of the most important thinkers on liberty. ... Locke and Jefferson. ... These are the reasons why I must agree with both Locke and Jefferson. ...

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John Locke emphasized that, we should all have natural rights to life, liberty, and property in order to have a strong good working government. Locke stated, "for society can never lose native [natural] and original right it has to preserve itself, which can only be done by a settled legislative, and a fair and impartial execution of the laws made by it....

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However, another philosopher by the name of Thomas Hobbes comes in contrast with John Locke. ... Therefore the democratic laws that John Locke supports is what I most strongly agree with. ... Continuing on with the great philosopher John Locke, he was a man with many great theories that governments are using in this day and age. ... As John Locke said "If the government is not providing, overthrow it.... John Locke believes that if this is the case then it is in the peoples best interest to overthrow the government due to its lack of accountability to its citizens. ...

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John Locke and Thomas Hobbes can be considered the fathers of the liberal doctrine. ... John Locke can be considered the first and greatest exponent of political liberalism. ... (Locke, 1821). ... (Locke, 1821). ... John Stuart Mill is another author who has exposed his theory about govern, democracy and political representation. ...

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John Locke was among the most influential political philosophers of the Enlightenment period. ... An ideal government, according to John Locke, acts to protect its citizens' inalienable rights, specifically those in regard to property ownership. ...

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Tranquility can be conveyed through the certain beliefs of John Locke and Thomas Jefferson. Both believed that tranquility or soundness could be obtained through life, liberty, and for Locke property and Jefferson the pursuit of happiness. ... This is very similar to the situation in England in 1215 when King John was chased down and forced to sign the Magna Carta which limited the monarch's power. ... Locke and Harrington were both partisans of this idea in that Harrington said the separation of powers is a prerequisite for free government and Locke gave it a subsidiary role in his th...

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The concept justice was created by the theories of John Rawls and Amartya Sen. ... This idea also follows the ideas of Adam Smith and John Locke, who believe in free marketplace and as long as there is this freedom there is justice. ... This model is found in the works of John Locke, who believed that representation to direct assembly is most important in democracy. ...

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The philosopher, John Locke, stressed that one of the functions of a civil society was to protect property rights, whereas Antonio Gramsci characterized civil societies as independent establishments that may or may not support state power. ...

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In England, the nobles rebelled against King John and forced him to sign the Magna Carta. ... This was also important in the development of Western Political thought because Western Political thought was that of a democratic government, and an Enlightment thinker, John Locke, indicated that " a government's power comes from the people- Western Political thought was based on several essential ideas and parts about democracy. ...

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Nobles forced King John to sign this "Great Charter" that created the English "Parliament", or law-making body, and stated that the written laws held a higher power than the king, thereby limiting the power of the Royal family and giving some of that power to the people. ... The concept of democracy continued to be prevalent in Europe with the philosophies of an English philosopher by the name of John Locke and a French philosopher named Jean Jacques Rousseau. Locke's book, Two Treatises (published in 1690), stated that under the "social contract," the government's job was to protect...

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Democracy is the fastest growing type of government in the world. More and more countries are revolting against their dictators and parliaments and evolving into Democracies. Democracy means the people are sovereign, government by the people. Representative institutions, therefore, derive their auth...

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Whigs and Democrats Since the day's democracy began, it has been the fastest growing type of government in the world. Democracy means the people are sovereign, government by the people. Representative institutions derive their authority from the people and are responsible to the people. Democrats...

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In the Essay Concerning Human Understanding, John Locke speculated about how politics must confront the issue "of freedom the will of the individual"(Locke, 43) and how their freedom must be subject to "constant, certain, and known principals"(Locke, 44), so that when conflicts of justifying rights emerge the government will have a guide by which to reference their decision against. ...

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