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First Principles
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Montesquieu Warned That Liberty Dies Where One Hand Makes and Enforces LawA French judge and vineyard owner gave the Founders the separation of powers, and Madison called him the oracle on the subject. Consent of the Governed Was a Precise Idea in Locke, Not a SloganLocke's consent builds a government limited to the ends people formed it for, and one that takes property without consent breaks its trust. Locke Said Property Begins the Moment Your Labor Mixes With the EarthChapter V of Locke's Second Treatise roots property in the ownership of your own labor, which makes taking property an attack on the person.
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