“Self-defence is a part of the law of nature; nor can it be denied the community, even against the king himself…” John Locke, (1632-1704) English philosopher and political theorist. Considered the ideological progenitor of the American Revolution and who, by far, was the most often non-biblical writer quoted by the Founding Fathers of the USA. Source: Second Treatise on Civil Government, 390 §. 233 (1690).
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