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Voltaire

John Locke

“Common sense is not so common.” “All people have natural rights, including life, liberty,
and property.”

This quote means that the first answer won't always That everyone is subjected to have the right to life,
be the right answer and that not everyone can find liberty, and property and these rights are god given
the most sensible answer there first time. when someone is born.

Making it known that there are different answers Establishing the people to have rights that can not
out there that could differ with what other people be taken away.
say.

Have freedom of speech which Voltaire helped a lot Have inalienable rights.
with.
Jean-Jacques Baron De Thomas Hobbes
Rousseau Montesquieu

“No man has any natural authority “To become truly great, one has to “Without government our lives
over other men. stand with people, not above would be nasty, brutish, and short.”
them.”

This quote means that no person That to become someone to be That we need government.
can control or be socially higher respected you should be humble
than someone else at birth. and treat everyone the same.

Creating the precedent that no one Giving people motivation to treat Bringing the natural evil way of
person is more important than everyone equally. people into the debate.
another person at birth.

Can’t be controlled by a monarch. Helped inspire the idea of the Made the fact that you need strong
Branches of Government. laws in place.

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