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. every person in society has to follow the law, even powerful leaders. 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. quotation meaning of the quotation \being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty, or possessions.\
o government can have a right to obedience from a people who have not freely consented to it.\
o man in... society can be excused from the laws of it.\

Explanation:

• For the first quotation, the key words "equal", "independent", "harm another" match with the meaning about equal rights and not taking away freedom/property.
• The second quotation's "no right to obedience without freely consented" aligns with the idea of people choosing to give government power.
• The third quotation's "no man... excused from laws" corresponds to everyone following the law.

Answer:

1. "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.
2. "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.
3. "No man in... society can be [excused] from the laws of it." - Every person in society has to follow the law, even powerful leaders.