"The only way whereby any one divests himself of his natural Liberty, and puts on the bonds of civil society, is by agreeing with other men to join and unite into a community for their comfortable, safe, and peaceable living one amongst another, in a secure enjoyment of their properties, and a greater security against any, that are not of it."
-John Locke, Two Treatises of Government, 1689
A student is reading John Locke's Two Treatises of Government for a paper she is writing. The student is most likely writing her paper about which of these topics?
A. different social contracts around the world
B. the strengths of a large central government
C. the expansion of suffrage in the United States
D. the use of civil disobedience in achieving equality
D. the use of civil disobedience in achieving equality
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