Hobbes
"Strengthen the female mind by enlarging it, and there will be an end to blind obedience"
Wollstonecraft
Locke
Rousseau
People are the source of the government's power
The government should also be divided into three independent branches.
"All people have natural rights including life, liberty, and property"
"No man has any natural authority over his fellow men."
"Without government our lives would be nasty, brutish, and short"
Montesquieu
Voltaire
“The law of intolerance is . . . absurd and barbaric. It is the law of the jungle and, indeed, it is even worse because wild animals kill others only to eat, while we human beings are exterminating each other for the sake of a few paragraphs.”
Freedom of Speech
Religion should not be imposed upon an entire state.
People have the right to overthrow an unjust government.
"To become truly great, one has to stand with people, not above them"
English Advocate for Women's Rights
People are wicked and need strong government