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Two Treatises of Government (Everyman's Library (Paper)) (Reprint Edition) by John Locke, Mark Goldie (Edito, John W. Yolton, John/ Goldie Paperback, 336 Pages, Published 1993 ISBN-10: 0-460-87356-3 / 0460873563 ISBN-13: 978-0-460-87356-7 / 9780460873567 John Locke laid the groundwork of modern liberalism. He argued that political societies exist to defend the lives, liberties and properties of their citizens and that no government has any authority except by the consent of the people. When rulers became tyrants and act against the common good, then |