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

Other quotes by John Locke

When ideas float in our mind without any reflection or regard of the understanding, it is that which the French call revery, our language has scarce a name for it. – John Locke

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Daydreaming
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Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge it is thinking that makes what we read ours. – John Locke

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Knowledge
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Education begins the gentleman, but reading, good company and reflection must finish him. – John Locke

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Education
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The primary victims of Katrina, those who were given the least help by the government, those rescued last or not at all, were overwhelmingly people of color largely hidden from the mainstream of society. – Jonathan Kozol

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Government

The government of the United States is a device for maintaining in perpetuity the rights of the people, with the ultimate extinction of all privileged classes. – Calvin Coolidge

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Government

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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Government

The United States Constitution has proved itself the most marvelously elastic compilation of rules of government ever written. – Franklin D. Roosevelt

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Government

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When you go to war, both sides lose totally. – Yoko Ono

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My mother was a dominant force in my life. She had a very specific idea about education, which was: you should know everything about everything. It was quite simple. There was no exclusivity, and there really was no judgment. – Twyla Tharp

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A nation or civilization that continues to produce soft-minded men purchases its own spiritual death on the installment plan. – Martin Luther King, Jr.

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A man may take as much exercise in walking a mile up and down stairs, as in ten on level ground. – Benjamin Franklin

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Exercise