John Locke (1632-1704) was a British writer, political philosopher, and physician. He influenced the development of social contract theory, classical liberalism, and the enlightenment.
Such is the nature of the understanding, that it cannot be compelled to the belief of anything by outward force.
Whenever the legislators endeavor to take away and destroy the property of the people, or to reduce them to slavery under arbitrary power, they put themselves into a state of war with the people….
Scott Bradford is a writer and technologist who has been putting his opinions online since 1995. He believes in three inviolable human rights: life, liberty, and property. He is a Catholic Christian who worships the trinitarian God described in the Nicene Creed. Scott is a husband, nerd, pet lover, and AMC/Jeep enthusiast with a B.S. degree in public administration from George Mason University.
