Classical Liberalism
Second Treatise of Government
John Locke • An Essay Concerning the True Original, Extent and End of Civil Government
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Chapter II • Of the State of Nature
"The state of nature has a law of nature to govern it, which obliges every one: and reason, which is that law, teaches all mankind who will but consult it, that being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty, or possessions."
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