Hobbes, Locke, Montesquieu, and Rousseau are four men with different but somewhat similar government beliefs. Hobbes believed that people were naturally equal, but created supreme power to create peace. He believed in giving up our natural right of equality to an absolute power and after doing so people can not revolt against this power. He called this a social contract. Locke believed people could never give up their rights such as life, liberty, and property. He wanted a leader, however, unlike Hobbes, people could revolt against this power if needed. He believed that adult males that owned property could vote, but the mass majority of people; such as women and the mass majority of men did not own homes, could not vote. Montesquieu believed
