"The great and chief end, therefore, of men's uniting into commonwealths, and putting themselves under government, is the preservation of their property." #QotD

"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, from Chapter 9 of his Second Treatise of Civil Government (1690)
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