John Locke Quotes:
Ocupation: Philosopher
Life: August 29, 1632 - October 28, 1704
Birthday: August 29
Death: October 28
..every Man has a Property in his own Person. This no Body has any Right to but himself. The Labour of his Body, and the Work of his Hands, we may say, are properly his. .... The great and chief end therefore, of Mens uniting into Commonwealths, and putting themselves under Government, is the Preservation of their Property.
source: Second Treatise of Civil Government ch. 9, sec. 124 (1690)
