Enlightenment Thinkers Quotations

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Who argued that without laws or social controls, life would be nasty, brutish, and short?

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Thomas Hobbes

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As all persons are held innocent until they have been declared guilty, if arrest is considered essential, all harshness not necessary for the securing of the person shall be severely repressed by law. This is from which philosopher?

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Beccaria

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Who is associated with the idea that governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed and that the people have the right to alter or abolish a destructive government?

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John Locke

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Who is the philosopher associated with the separation of powers as described in the U.S. Constitution? Options: Montesquieu, Voltaire, Hobbes, Beccaria.

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Montesquieu

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We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights,that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.
Declaration of Independence, 1776. Who is the philosopher associated with these ideas? Options: Montesquieu, Voltaire, Hobbes, John Locke

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John Locke

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Who is associated with the principle that Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech or of the press?

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Voltaire

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In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the State and district wherein the crime shall have been committed.

U.S. Bill of Rights

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Beccaria

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“I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.”

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Voltaire

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No person shall…be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law. The Bill of Rights Amendment 5 Who is associated with this principle?

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John Locke

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The free communication of ideas and opinions is one of the most precious of the rights of man. Every citizen may thus speak, write, and print with freedom, but shall be responsible for such abuses of this freedom as shall be defined by law. Who is associated with this statement?

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Voltaire