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The purpose of law is to preserve and enlarge freedom, and without law there is no freedom
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- John Locke English philosopher (1632 to 1704)
So that, however it may be mistaken, the end of law is not to abolish or restrain, but to preserve and enlarge freedom: for in all the states of created beings capable of laws, where there is no law, there is no freedom
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↗Second Treatise of Government (1690)gutenberg.org
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