Influence Of John Locke On The Origin Of Government
The origin of government is traced back to the civilizations existing before centuries—which belonged to ancient Egypt, China, India or Mexico. Apparently, the retrospective governments, such as that of the Chinese empires or of England before the 19th century, had existed in a form called absolute monarchy, in which a king, or a queen, an emperor possesses the utter might of reigning over a nation without the existence of laws limiting his or her authority. In respect of this tyrannical system, corruptions, abuses of powers, brutal penalizations, and acts of seizing rights of citizens were usually treated as an “ordinate;” consequently, being frustrated of the ruthless and heinous kings, a new group of people rose in defiance to such popular dictators as James II, and George III. Among one of the people defying the tawdry monarchs stood John Locke, a famous English activist who were responsible for his famous book The Two Treatises of Government. As regards the democracy nowadays, Locke and his political philosophy have influenced the principles of the United States of
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In much same way, Jefferson wrote that “governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed,…”(US 1776) In addition to the responsibilities of the government, both Locke and Jefferson agreed that a noxious government, which were absolutely puissant and harmful to the citizens’ right, had to be eradicated. Furthermore, Locke had asserted that government should function in “a state of equality, wherein all the power and jurisdiction is reciprocal, no one having more than one another…”(Locke, 24) As a result, an unprecedented notion called Federalism was formed in the Founding Fathers’
In much same way, Jefferson wrote that “governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed,…”(US 1776) In addition to the responsibilities of the government, both Locke and Jefferson agreed that a noxious government, which were absolutely puissant and harmful to the citizens’ right, had to be eradicated. Furthermore, Locke had asserted that government should function in “a state of equality, wherein all the power and jurisdiction is reciprocal, no one having more than one another…”(Locke, 24) As a result, an unprecedented notion called Federalism was formed in the Founding Fathers’