Quote by John Locke
The end of law is not to abolish or restrain, but to preserve and

The end of law is not to abolish or restrain, but to preserve and enlarge freedom. For in all the states of created beings capable of law, where there is no law, there is no freedom. – John Locke

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If by gaining knowledge we destroy our health, we labour for a thing that will be useless in our hands. – John Locke

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Where all is but dream, reasoning and arguments are of no use, truth and knowledge nothing. – John Locke

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One unerring mark of the love of truth is not entertaining any proposition with greater assurance than the proofs it is built upon will warrant. – John Locke

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If we dont believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we dont believe in it at all. – Noam Chomsky

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