1. "... the common Question will be made who shall judge whether the Prince or Legislative act contrary to their Trust? ... I reply, The People shall be Judge ..."
England
Believes people have the right to overthrow a government that is not protecting their natural rights.
John Locke
Believes all people are born with Natural Rights; life, liberty and property.
“There cannot be greater rudeness than to interrupt another in the current of his discourse”
“The actions of men are the best interpreters of their thoughts”
“What worries you, masters you.”

2. Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Believes that people must follow the General will, or opinion, of the majority whether or not they agree.
FRANCE
Born in Geneva on June 28th, 1712
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
“Man is born free; and everywhere he is in chains,”
Believes that all people enter into a Social Contract by giving up some smaller rights in order to protect their most important rights.
His slogan became the bible of the French revolutionaries
“Liberty, Equality, Fraternity”

3. Charles-Louis Montesquieu
“There should be weeping at a man’s birth, not at his death.”
FRANCE
Born January 19th, 1689
Charles-Louis Montesquieu
Believes that governments should include separation of powers so that no one person/group has complete control.
Aimed to explain human laws and social institutions

4. “I may not believe in what you say, but I will die for your right to do so.”
Believes that governments should not deny people the Freedoms of Speech and Religion.
“Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers”
Exiled from France due to his writings.
Francois Voltaire
FRANCE
“It is better to risk saving a guilty man than to condemn an innocent one.”
Born November 21, 1694
“Every man is guilty for all the good he did not do”