It is of great use to the sailor to know the length of his line, though he cannot with it fathom all the depths of the ocean. – John Locke
Every man has a property in his own person. This nobody has a right to, but himself. – John Locke
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
Government has no other end, but the preservation of property. – John Locke
The hypothesis may be put forward, to be tested by the s subsequent investigation, that this development has been in large part a matter of the reciprocal interaction of new factual insights and knowledge on the one hand with changes in the theoretical system on the other. – Talcott Parsons