Question

many enlightenment thinkers believed that people should have certain rights and the government should protect those rights. for example, john locke wrote an essay where he claimed that a governments power actually comes from the people it rules. he also argued that the governments role is to protect the natural rights that he believed people were born with.
read the quotations from lockes essay. then match each quotation with its meaning.
governments cant force people to obey. people must choose to give the government power to rule.
everyone has the same rights. no one should take away another persons freedom or property.
every person in society has to follow the law, even powerful leaders.
quotation

o man in... society can be excused from the laws of it.\

o government can have a right to obedience from a people who have not freely consented to it.\
\being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty, or possessions.\
meaning of the quotation

Explanation:

• For the quotation "No man in... society can be [excused] from the laws of it.", it means that every person in society has to follow the law, even powerful leaders.
• For the quotation "No government can have a right to obedience from a people who have not freely consented to it.", it means that governments can't force people to obey. People must choose to give the government power to rule.
• For the quotation "Being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty, or possessions.", it means that everyone has the same rights. No one should take away another person's freedom or property.

Answer:

• "No man in... society can be [excused] from the laws of it." → Every person in society has to follow the law, even powerful leaders.
• "No government can have a right to obedience from a people who have not freely consented to it." → Governments can't force people to obey. People must choose to give the government power to rule.
• "Being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty, or possessions." → Everyone has the same rights. No one should take away another person's freedom or property.