The 17th-century philosopher John Locke heavily influenced the American founding. The Heritage Foundation’s Joseph Loconte explains what advice Locke might have for America today.

Locke considered that every well-educated young person should study the works of Hugo Grotius (1583-1645), Samuel von Pufendorf (1632-1694) and Richard Hooker (1554-1600).

Lind's basic argument is something like this: Locke's outline for the proper role and scope of government allows for two types of rights: natural rights (for the folks at home, these are the ones ...

John Locke was one of the original landgraves, as were the proprietors and high-born men such as Edmund Bellinger, Thomas Ash, Edmund Andros, Daniel Axtell, Sr. and Joseph Blake.