Man's main purpose for forming commonwealths, according to Locke, is in order to protect property. All laws and regulations of the commonwealth are based on the main principle of preserving property. The state is thus limited in that it cannot take a man's property away from him. If he has consented to the contract necessary to live in the state, his property is thusly protected by laws. The only way a man's property can be taken away is if he breaks his end of the contract and is therefore no longer under contract.

Locke is correct in his explanations of the limits on toleration. Although many zealous Christians would say other religions should be outlawed, the true spirit of the religion is to practice peace and toleration. In countries where other religions are dominant like India, Christians feel they still have the right to exist. That right should be universal. On the limits of state power, it is hard to argue with Locke's principles. The only difficulty is that the legislative authority rarely has the interest of the majority in mind. The rich landowners tend to control the government and make laws that suit themselves.

its power can only be used to enhance the public good of the society. All commonwealths must first establish a legislative power whose business is the preservation of the society. The legislative can have no more power than is given to it by the people. "Their power, in the utmost bounds of it, is limited to the public good of the society. It is a power, that

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