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Quotation from Second Treatise of Government by John Locke
“The great and chief end, therefore, of men’s uniting into commonwealths, and putting themselves under government, is the preservation of their property”
Second Treatise of Government, Ch. IX, §124
Property here includes 'lives, liberties and estates', as Locke has just defined it.
Citation: "The great and chief end, therefore, of men’s uniting into commonwealths, and putting themselves under government, is the preservation of their property" — John Locke, Second Treatise of Government, Ch. IX, §124. (id second-treatise-of-government-q10)
Portrait: Portrait of John Locke, Godfrey Kneller, Public domain.
