Any single man must judge for himself whether circumstances warrant obedience or resistance to the commands of the civil magistrate; we are all qualified, entitled, and morally obliged to evaluate the conduct of our rulers. This political judgment, moreover, is not simply or primarily a right, but like self-preservation, a duty to God. As such it is a judgment that men cannot part with according to the God of Nature. It is the first and foremost of our inalienable rights without which we can preserve no other.
John LockeIt 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 LockeWhere all is but dream, reasoning and arguments are of no use, truth and knowledge nothing.
John LockeWhen Fashion hath once Established, what Folly or craft began, Custom makes it Sacred, and 'twill be thought impudence or madness, to contradict or question it.
John LockeA sound mind in a sound body is a short but full description of a happy state in this world.
John Locke