To understand classic liberalism we must focus on Locke's idea of political power and his political model as well as his economic model. Locke defines political power as " a right of making laws with penalties of Death, and consequently all less penalties, for regulating and preserving property, and of employing the force of the community, in the execution of such laws, and in the defense of the common-wealth from foreign injury, and all this only …
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…one with another" (1.#87). It is hard to connect the two systems and compare and contrast them because of so many different factors that could be listed. It's just too bad society isn't as simple in life as it is on paper. Bibliography BIBLIOGRAPHY 1. Wooten, David. Modern Political Thought: Readings from Machiavelli to Nietzsche. Indianapolis: Hacket, 1996. 2. Yolton, John. Locke an Introduction Oxford, Blackwell, 1985. 3. "Locke, John." Brittanica Online Encyclopedia, 1999 4. Hentrich, Charles. Sources of Philosophy. NY, NY: Sanders, 1997.