Liberalism Quotes Flashcards
John Locke on what the state is responsible for
‘Government has no other end, but the preservation of private property’
John Locke on the importance of the state
‘Where there is no law, there is no freedom’
‘Wherever law ends, tyranny begins’
John Locke on human nature
‘Tabula rasa’
John Locke on the ideal nature of the state
‘Night watchman state’
Mary Wollstonecraft on equality
‘Virtue can only flourish among equals’
‘The more equality there is established among men, the more virtue and happiness will reign in society’
Mary Wollstonecraft on women’s role in government
‘Women ought to have representatives, instead of being arbitrarily governed without any direct share allowed them in the deliberations of government’
Mary Wollstonecraft on female autonomy
‘I do not wish women to have power over men; but over themselves’
‘Perpetual state of childhood’
Mary Wollstonecraft on women’s education
‘Strengthen the female mind by enlarging it, and there will be an end to blind obedience’
Mary Wollstonecraft on the individual
‘Only that education deserves empathically to be called cultivation of the mind which teaches young people how to begin to think’
John Stewart Mill on the limits of individual liberty
The Harm Principle
John Stewart Mill on tolerance
‘He who knows only his own side of the case knows little of that’
John Stewart Mill on individual liberty
‘Whatever crushes individuality of despotism’
John Stewart Mill on the economy
‘The distribution of wealth depends on the laws and customs of society. The rules by which it is determined… might be different, if mankind so chose’
Betty Friedan on society
‘Cultural conditioning’
Betty Friedan on women in the economy
‘Women with income take themselves more seriously and they are taken more seriously’
