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Who Said It? (or would have said it)
Get out a piece of paper, your Absolute Monarch Chart, your Scientific Revolution People chart, and your Enlightenment People chart. You’re going to see several quotes. Several of them are actual quotes - several of them are things that could have been quotes. Your job is to figure out who would have said them.
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1. Life without government (laws) is:
“solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short” Hint: from Leviathan
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Hint: From Two Treatises of Government
2. Government exists to preserve “life, liberty, and property,” and if it does not do this, then the people have a right to rebel and “provide for their safety…[by forming] a new legislature.” Hint: From Two Treatises of Government
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Hint: from The Spirit of Laws
3. “When the legislature and the executive power are united in the same person…there is no liberty.” Hint: from The Spirit of Laws
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4. “man is born free,” but is “everywhere in chains.”
“government is a contract between people and the rulers” Hint: from The Social Contract
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5. “I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.”
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Hint: from The Spirit of Laws
6. “Again, there is no liberty if the power of judging [is] not separated from the legislative and the executive.” Hint: from The Spirit of Laws
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7. People should be sovereign (rule) because they are generally good.
Hint: From Two Treatises of Government
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8. “L’etat c’est moi” (I am the government.)
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9. “I agree with the last guy’s quote
9. “I agree with the last guy’s quote. The best form of government is an absolute monarch - but I don’t like divine right - that’s not reasonable.”
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10. “From now on our country will be westernized
10. “From now on our country will be westernized. No nobles will wear beards.”
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11. “I’m sure that the earth goes around the sun, but I guess I better keep it to myself so the Church won’t get mad.”
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12. “Ouch! That apple hurt! Hey - that makes me wonder….”
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13. “The church and the state should be separate so that people can have freedom of religion.”
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14. “The best form of government is one where power is shared by different branches.”
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15. “OK, Pope, whatever you say. I take it all back
15. “OK, Pope, whatever you say. I take it all back. My telescope must have lied to me.”
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16. “Stop it, you fool! If you try to drain out his bad leg blood he’ll end up losing all his blood!”
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17. “Whoa. I’m getting dizzy
17. “Whoa! I’m getting dizzy! I can’t believe some folks don’t believe me that the planets are in motion.”
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18. “The 30 Years war messed up my country
18. “The 30 Years war messed up my country. We need a strong military to protect us now.”
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How do You think You Did?
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1. Life without government (laws) is:
“solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short” Hint: from Leviathan
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Hobbes
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Hint: From Two Treatises of Government
2. Government exists to preserve “life, liberty, and property,” and if it does not do this, then the people have a right to rebel and “provide for their safety…[by forming] a new legislature.” Hint: From Two Treatises of Government
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Locke
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Hint: from The Spirit of Laws
3. “When the legislature and the executive power are united in the same person…there is no liberty.” Hint: from The Spirit of Laws
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Montesquieu
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4. “man is born free,” but is “everywhere in chains.”
“government is a contract between people and the rulers” Hint: from The Social Contract
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Rousseau
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5. “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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Hint: from The Spirit of Laws
6. “Again, there is no liberty if the power of judging [is] not separated from the legislative and the executive.” Hint: from The Spirit of Laws
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Montesquieu
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7. People should be sovereign (rule) because they are generally good.
Hint: From Two Treatises of Government
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Locke
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8. “L’etat c’est moi” (I am the government.)
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Louis XIV
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9. “I agree with the last guy’s quote
9. “I agree with the last guy’s quote. The best form of government is an absolute monarch - but I don’t like divine right - that’s not reasonable.”
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Hobbes
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10. “From now on our country will be westernized
10. “From now on our country will be westernized. No nobles will wear beards.”
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Peter the Great
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11. “I’m sure that the earth goes around the sun, but I guess I better keep it to myself so the Church won’t get mad.”
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Copernicus
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12. “Ouch! That apple hurt! Hey - that makes me wonder….”
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Newton
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13. “The church and the state should be separate so that people can have freedom of religion.”
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Voltaire
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14. “The best form of government is one where power is shared by different branches.”
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Montesquieu
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15. “OK, Pope, whatever you say. I take it all back
15. “OK, Pope, whatever you say. I take it all back. My telescope must have lied to me.”
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Galileo
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16. “Stop it, you fool! If you try to drain out his bad leg blood he’ll end up losing all his blood!”
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Harvey
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17. “Whoa. I’m getting dizzy
17. “Whoa! I’m getting dizzy! I can’t believe some folks don’t believe me that the planets are in motion.”
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Kepler
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18. “The 30 Years war messed up my country
18. “The 30 Years war messed up my country. We need a strong military to protect us now.”
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Frederick the Great
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How many did you get right?
Wasn’t that Fun? How many did you get right?
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