... independence is an act of rebellion, which is self an act of one liberty. The US Constitution followed the Declaration of Independence in 1778, it was written by James Madison the "father of the Constitution". (The US Constitution p.6) The US Constitution is a liberal document. One reason why is the separation of branches, it limit the power of all three branches, by a system of "checks and balances". (The US Constitution) The19th ... for their property. The Leviathan would be the entrusted to maintained order, and be judge and the punisher went one break the "social contract". (Hobbes) ...

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... imbibed in them the gift of reason which enables them to understand and follow the law of nature. The state of nature that they lived in was not of war but of goodwill, peace and preservation. The Law of Nature Locke's version of the State of Nature and the law of Nature was not original, but a repetition of medieval scholastic beliefs. Locke's concept of law of nature was borrowed ... of the social contract was embodied into the United States Of America Declaration of Independence. Now, moving on to his meaning of civil society, he believed that it came into existence from the approval o...

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