John Locke's Quote - The improvement of understanding is for two ends: first, our own i

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The improvement of understanding is for two ends: first, our own i

The improvement of understanding is for two ends: first, our own increase of knowledge secondly, to enable us to deliver that knowledge to others. – John Locke

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All mankind… being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty or possessions. – John Locke

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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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Government has no other end, but the preservation of property. – John Locke

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Our civilization has evolved through the continuous adjustment of society to the stimulus of new knowledge. – John Boyd Orr

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Dogmatism and skepticism are both, in a sense, absolute philosophies one is certain of knowing, the other of not knowing. What philosophy should dissipate is certainty, whether of knowledge or ignorance. – Bertrand Russell

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Knowledge conquered by labor becomes a possession – a property entirely our own. – Samuel Smiles

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We stand in the shadow of Jefferson who believed that a society founded upon the rule of law and liberty was dependent upon public education and the diffusion of knowledge. – Matt Blunt

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