Locke wanted to understand the limits of human understanding. ... Locke concluded that humans were by nature free, equal, and independent. ... Locke wrote about toleration in church and of man. ... Vaughn wrote John Locke Economist and Social Scientist (Univ. ... Today Wall Street and Allen Greenspan use Locke's writings to form their opinions of currency. ...
John Hancock If there was ever a more recognizable name during the Revolutionary War period of American history, it was most certainly the deservingly famed representative John Hancock. ... If there was one such a gentleman who sided with American Independence, this again was John Hancock, the first signer of the Declaration of Independence. ...
John Locke was the first to propose the idea that individuals are borne with natural rights prior to the existence of government and it is the government that ought to safeguard those rights. ... Statesman, diplomat, legislature and future president Thomas Jefferson, undoubtedly influenced by Locke, Smith and Paine issued the Declaration of Independence, which led to the eventual adoption of Libertarian principles. ...
