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The natural liberty of man is to be free from any superior power on earth, and not to be under the will or legislative authority of man, but to have only the law of nature for his rule.
The liberty of man, in society, is to be under no other legislative power, but that established, by consent...nor under the dominion of any will.
...but freedom of men under government is, to have a standing rule to live by, common to every one of that society...a liberty to follow my own will in all things, where the rule prescribes not; and not to be subject to the inconstant, uncertain, unknown, arbitrary will of another man...
If man in the state of nature be so free, as has been said; if he be absolute lord of his own person and possessions, equal to the greatest, and subject to no body, why will he part with his freedom?
The great and chief end [of] putting themselves under government, is the preservation of their property. To which in the state of nature there are many things wanting.