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in 1762
"As in a State of Nature prior to Govenment, every Man has a Right to the Fruits of his own Labour, to defend it from others, to recover it when unjustly taken away, or an Equivalent, and to a Recompence for the Damage and Trouble caused by this unrighteous Seizure...So when civil Societies are formed, the Community is naturally possessed of all the civil Rights of its Members."
in 1762
"The End and Design of civil Society and Government, from this View of its Origin, must be to secure the Rights and Properties of its Members, and promote their Welfare; or in the Apostles words, that men may lead quiet and peaceful Lives in Godliness and Honesty, (I. Tim. 2.I.) i.e. that they may be secure in the Enjoyment of all their Rights and Properties righteously acquired."
in 1762
"All Men being naturally equal, as descended from a common Parent, enbued with like Faculties and Propensities, having originally equal Rights and Properties, the Earth being given to the Children of Men in general, without any difference, distinction, natural Preheminence, or Dominion of one over another, yet Men not being equally industrious and frugal, their Properties and Enjoyments would be unequal."
in 1762
"As to the origin of civil Societies or Governments; the Author of our Being, has given Man a Nature to be fitted for, and disposed to Society. It was not good for Man at first to be alone; his nature is social, having various Affections, Propensities and Passions, which respect Society, and cannot be indulged without a social Intercourse."
in 1762
"Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains . . . . Whoever refuses to obey will be forced to be free."
in 1762
at the court of Prince-elector Maximilian III of Bavaria in Munich