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Quotation from Second Treatise of Government by John Locke
“where there is no law, there is no freedom: for liberty is, to be free from restraint and violence from others; which cannot be, where there is no law”
Second Treatise of Government, Ch. VI, §57
Law, properly understood, directs free agents to their interest; it 'hedges us in only from bogs and precipices'.
Citation: "where there is no law, there is no freedom: for liberty is, to be free from restraint and violence from others; which cannot be, where there is no law" — John Locke, Second Treatise of Government, Ch. VI, §57. (id second-treatise-of-government-q7)
Portrait: Portrait of John Locke, Godfrey Kneller, Public domain.
