Influential Philosophers on American Government

Believed everyone was naturally evil

• Locke

• Hobbes

• Voltaire

• Baron

Believed in freedom of expression (speech) and freedom of religion

• Voltaire

• Hobbes

• Locke

• Rousseau

No one is above the law is...

• rule of law

• Hobbes

• Personal Liberty

Another name for Liberty is....

• law

• freedom

• democracy

Believed in checks and balances

• Hobbes

• Voltaire

• Baron de Montesquieu

Said the best form of Government is an absolute Monarchy

• Rousseau

• Locke

• Hobbes

Respecting other's rights

• Consent of Governed

• Due Process

• Republic

Wrote the Book The Leviathan

• Voltaire

• Hobbes

• Locke

Wrote The Social Contract

• Rousseau

• Voltaire

• Locke

Giving up some freedoms for protection and stability is known as...

• Democracy

• Oligarchy

• Social Contract