Enlightenment and Founding Fathers quotes

Who is considered to be the "Father of Classical Liberalism" who idea's of natural rights of "Live, Liberty and Property" influenced the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution?

• John Locke

• Thomas Jefferson

• Adam Smith

• Thomas Hobbes

Who said “From the errors of other nations, let us learn wisdom,” in their pamphlet Common Sense?

• Thomas Paine

• Charles De Montesquieu

• John Locke

• Benjamin Franklin

Who believed that people had the right to overthrow a government if it tried to take away people's natural rights?

• John Locke

• George III

• Henry II

• Richard III

Who said "The life of man is lonely, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.....in order to live a more happy life and escape the miserable condition of war, men must give up their freedom to the government"

• Thomas Hobbes

• John Locke

• Adam Smith

• Jean-Jacques Rousseau

French Lawyer whose ideas on separation of powers and checks and balances influenced the US Constitution.

• Charles de Montesquieu

• Voltaire

• James Madison

• Thomas Hobbes

French Philosopher whose views on the separation of Church and State and ideas of Freedom of Religion influenced the Founding Fathers.

• Voltaire

• Adam Smith

• Benjamin Franklin

• Confucius

Who said "I feel every human mind feels pleasure in doing good to another"

• Thomas Jefferson

• Benjamin Franklin

• George Washington

• Geoge III

Who said "It is the first responsibility of every citizen to question authority"?

• Benjamin Franklin

• Adam Smith

• John Locke

• Thomas Paine

Who said "It is better to be alone than to be in bad company"?

• George Washington

• George III

• Voltaire

• Thomas Hobbes

Who said "No Society can surely be flourishing and happy, of which the far greater part of the members are poor and miserable"?

• Adam Smith

• Thomas Jefferson

• John Locke

• George III