"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…"

"God gave the world to men in common; but since he gave them reason to make use of it to the best advantage of life, and convenience, it cannot be supposed he meant it should always remain common and u…"

"The power of the legislative, being derived from the people by a positive voluntary grant and institution, can be no other than what that positive grant conveyed."

"We are born with faculties and powers, capable almost of anything, such at least as would carry us farther than can be easily imagined: but it is only the exercise of those powers, which gives us abil…"

"Every man has a property in his own person. This nobody has any right to but himself."