Reposting quotes from John Locke.

Source: "Two treatises of government", 1690.

(Book 2, chapter 3)

".. it being reasonable and just I should have a right to destroy that which threatens me with destruction." (Chapter 3.16)

".. and hence it is that he who attempts to get another man under his power does thereby put himself into a state of war with him." (3.17)

"For I have reason to conclude that he who would get me into his power without my consent would use me as he pleased when he had got me there, and destroy me too when he had a fancy to it; for nobody can desire to have me in his absolute power unless it be to compel me by force to that which is against the right of my freedom -- i.e. make me a slave." (3.18)

".. so that he who makes an attempt to enslave me thereby puts himself into a state of war with me." (3.18)

"This makes it lawful for a man to kill a thief who has not in the least hurt him, nor declared any design upon his life, any farther than by the use of force, so to get him in his power as to take away his money, or what he pleases, from him;

Because using force, where he has no right to get me into his power, let his pretense be what it will, I have no reason to suppose that he who would take away my liberty would not, when he had me in his power, take away everything else.

And, therefore, it is lawful for me to treat him as one who has put himself into a state of war with me -- i.e. kill him if I can; for that hazard does he justly expose himself whoever introduces a state of war, and is aggressor in it." (3.19)

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