Send a Quote Enter a brief message. SendOk2 “Whosoever uses force without Right ... puts himself into a state of War with those, against whom he uses it, and in that state all former Ties are canceled, all other Rights cease, and every one has a Right to defend himself, and to resist the Aggressor.” ~ John Locke (1632-1704) English philosopher and political theoristSource: Second Treatise On Civil Government 153-54 (Chicago 1955).