Enlightenment Thinkers (Govt.)

People have natural rights: life, liberty and property

• Thomas Hobbes

• John Locke

• Voltaire

• Jean-Jacques Rousseau

• Baron de Montesquieu

People enter into a social contract with the government. You give up some of your rights and the govt. protects you

• Thomas Hobbes

• John Locke

• Voltaire

• Jean-Jacques Rousseau

• Baron de Montesquieu

Freedom of Speech and Freedom of Religion

• Thomas Hobbes

• John Locke

• Voltaire

• Jean-Jacques Rousseau

• Baron de Montesquieu

If the government does not preserve your natural rights, the people have the right to alter or abolish it (even through a revolt)

• Thomas Hobbes

• John Locke

• Voltaire

• Jean-Jacques Rousseau

• Baron de Montesquieu

Three branches of government with checks and balances is the best way to prevent tyranny.

• Thomas Hobbes

• John Locke

• Voltaire

• Jean-Jacques Rousseau

• Baron de Montesquieu

Supported democracy.

• Thomas Hobbes

• John Locke

• Voltaire

• Jean-Jacques Rousseau

• Baron de Montesquieu

Government is guided by the general will or consent of the governed.

• Thomas Hobbes

• John Locke

• Voltaire

• Jean-Jacques Rousseau

• Baron de Montesquieu