John Locke

John Locke’s thesis was “that the right to govern derived from the consent of the governed and was a form of contract” (Perry pg.439). This basically meant that when people gave power to the government, they expected the government to rule justly, protect their assets and protect the rights of the individual. If the government were to abuse it’s power then the people would no longer listen to the government, and it would …showed first 75 words of 633 total…

…showed last 75 words of 633 total…right of all men to participate was assured” (Perry 551). I also believe that all men and women are born with rights by birth that no person or government should be able to take away. I strongly believe in democracy too, because any other form of government that is not for the people is unjust. This significance of his theory is that it led to the basis of democracy and the form of government used today.