Hello everyone, I am John Locke. Let me tell you a little bit about myself. I was born in 1632 in a small village known as Wrington in North Somerset, England to two lovely Puritan parents. From Westminster school in London, I proceeded to Christ Church in Oxford. I grew up in a time of major struggles in power between Parliament and the Monarchy, even to the point of civil wars (in the 1640s). Through these difficult times, I have come to realize a few things. First, contrary to other beliefs, I believe that all men are inherently good and we are all born with natural rights; such as life, liberty, and property. Furthermore, the government has an obligation to protect these rights, and if it should fail, we as the people have every privilege in the world to change it. Government should have limited power over us. It is us, the people, who should agree to how our own lives are to be run.
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