Political+Theory

=Political Theory: Hobbes vs. Locke= media type="custom" key="24469166"

=Thomas Hobbes - post quotation and write a short commentary on how he believed government should be run.=

For if we look on men full grown, and consider how brittle the frame of our human body is … and how easy a matter it is, even for the weakest man to kill the strongest: there is no reason why any man … should conceive himself made by nature above others. … All men therefore among themselves are by nature equal; the inequality we now discern, hath its spring from civil law.
 * ==Leo- the citizen==

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To agree with in opinion, is to honor, as being a sign of approving his judgment and wisdom. To dissent, is dishonor, and an upbraiding of error. in order for a government to be good, the people should agree with them to avoid any opposition. [|http://www.notable-quotes.com/h/hobbes_thomas.html#6xgCUYow45EUH0Wo.99]
 * ==Cherilynn==

//“The first and fundamental law of Nature, which is, to seek peace and follow it.”//
 * ==Emma==

// He thinks humans are very selfish, without the government, some people would fight each other and everyone else would be very worried about their own safety. No one would be able to trust anyone else. Then he thinks that it would be a good idea for everyone to choose a Sovereign that everyone should agree to obey the Sovereign, and give him all power of coercion or force to restraint under law. //

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Hobbes

Not believing in force is the same as not believing in gravitation. The government should have absolute control over people and should not be questioned.
 * ==Evelyn==

=John Locke - post quotation and write a short commentary on how he believed government should be run.=

> All mankind... being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty or possessions. a government should run their country with equality and independence with no violence. [|http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/j/john_locke.html#7zlv5WXuuDfKDzjc.99]
 * ==Leo==
 * Slavery is so vile and miserable an estate of man, and so directly opposite to the generous temper and courage of our nation, that it is hardly to be conceived, that an Englishman, much less a gentleman, should plead for it. And truly, I should have taken sir Robert Filmer’s Patriarcha, as any other treatise, which would persuade all men that they are slaves, and ought to be so, for such another exercise of wit as was his who writ the encomium of Nero; rather than for a serious discourse
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 * ==Cherilynn==

http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/j/johnlocke101177.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Locke#Political_theory
 * ==Emma==
 * I have always thought the actions of men the best interpreters of their thoughts.
 * Unlike Thomas Hobbes, he believed that human nature is characterised by reason and tolerance, however, he still thought that humans are selfish. People should establish a civil society to resolve conflicts in a civil way with the help from government.

The reason why men enter into society is the preservation of their property. Government's rights are given by people to enhance their rights of property, life and liberty. media type="custom" key="24469196"
 * ==Evelyn==