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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Locke would declare that all men are equal and that one is no more powerful that he next, getting away for the idea of a sovereign ruler, but not fully supporting the democracy that we now hold. ... Puritan Leaders like John Winthrop would argue that we are free and conditionally bound only by a covenant with God and our fellow man. ... This is true not only today, John Cotton a respected Puritan like Winthrop, argued that officials, even if religious, were prone to corruption. ...

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