All mankind... being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty or possessions.
~ John Locke
Government has no other end, but the preservation of property.
The reason why men enter into society is the preservation of their property.
Things of this world are in so constant a flux, that nothing remains long in the same state.
The end of law is not to abolish or restrain, but to preserve and enlarge freedom. For in all the states of created beings capable of law, where there is no law, there is no freedom.
