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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Our incomes are like our shoes if too small, they gall and pinch us but if too large, they cause us to stumble and to trip. – John Locke

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finance
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To love our neighbor as ourselves is such a truth for regulating human society, that by that alone one might determine all the cases in social morality. – John Locke

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alone
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We should have a great fewer disputes in the world if words were taken for what they are, the signs of our ideas only, and not for things themselves. – John Locke

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Freedom
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There can be no real freedom without the freedom to fail. – Erich Fromm

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Punk is musical freedom. Its saying, doing and playing what you want. In Websters terms, nirvana means freedom from pain, suffering and the external world, and thats pretty close to my definition of Punk Rock. – Kurt Cobain

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We must guard against the overreaching hand of big government trying to take away our freedom. And we must always protect the environment in a manner consistent with our values. – Steve Forbes

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Look, freedom is an overwhelming American notion. The idea that we want to see the world, the peoples of the world free is something that all of us subscribe to. – Joe Biden

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[H]e was like a cock who thought the sun had risen to hear him crow. – George Eliot, Adam Bede

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Winter is dead; spring is crazy; summer is cheerful and autumn is wise! – Mehmet Murat ildan

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You wake up in the morning and you look at your old spoon, and you say to yourself, Mick, its time to get yourself a new spoon. And you do. – Mick Jagger

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But just playing the partner of someone famous, I had a lot more freedom. – Rachel Griffiths

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