with the people that can be dissolved as soon as the essentials it is based upon are violated. The people give up their freedom, i.e. their right of decision making, of being their own police, to achieve a greater kind of freedom – stability and protection. Locke writes that "man being born...with a title to perfect freedom...hath by nature a power...to preserve his property, that is, his life, liberty and estate, against the injuries and attempts of other men" (46). These three aspects of government – to protect an individual's life, freedom, and property – are fundamental in Locke's political theory. Without them, Locke sees no freedom, no just and civil society. Without them, the people are forever trapped in the state of nature and the inconveniences that come with it, where there are no just laws to protect their natural right to be free. With his political theory John Locke hoped to paint a vignette of a government he believed to be paramount – a limited monarchy. The government would be a sovereign that would protect people's lives, liberties and properties, and would not let a civil war break out because he would then violate the very things his contract, his sovereignty, was based upon. By describing this contract, John Locke flawlessly portrays the importance of freedom to people wh
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