John Locke, Second Treatise on Civil Government
- Second Treatise on Civil Government: Section 17: "He that, in the state of nature, would take away the freedom that belongs to..."
- Second Treatise on Civil Government: Section 227: "In both the fore-mentioned cases, when either the legislative is changed, or the legislators act..."
- Second Treatise on Civil Government: Section 57: "Law, in its true notion, is not so much the limitation as the direction of..."
John Locke’s Second Treatise on Civil Government, published in 1689, provides and account of the social contract, beginning with an account of the state of nature, and covering topics like the invention of money, slavery, civil law, and the right of rebellion.