Quote by John Locke
Government has no other end, but the preservation of property. - J

Government has no other end, but the preservation of property. – 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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It is one thing to show a man that he is in an error, and another to put him in possession of the truth. – John Locke

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Truth
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Every man has a property in his own person. This nobody has a right to, but himself. – John Locke

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We need to understand that we as citizens and as a government in any community throughout this country have no more important obligation than to educate those who are going to replace us. – Colin Powell

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The U.S. will ignore the opinion of the Iraqi people and it will compose the new government according to its own desires. – Muqtada al Sadr

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It is the duty of government to make it difficult for people to do wrong, easy to do right. – William E. Gladstone

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The universities have got a job here as well in making sure that people actually understand that were open for university students coming into the U.K. Theres a job here not just for the government, I think theres a job for the universities as well to make sure that people know that we are open. – Theresa May

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If man has no tea in him, he is incapable of understanding truth and beauty. – Japanese Proverb

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You learn far more from negative leadership than from positive leadership. Because you learn how not to do it. And, therefore, you learn how to do it. – Norman Schwarzkopf

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We live less and less, and we learn more and more. Sensibility is surrendering to intelligence. – Remy de Gourmont

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