My first argument will be centered on the idea that we as a society have a government in place because they can more effectively protect our rights then we can on our own. John Locke is known as the father of classical liberalism and a huge advocate of individual liberty. His ideology was that private property was a God given natural right. In layman’s terms, whatever a man (women where not held in the same regard as men at the time) adds his labor to becomes his sole private property and he may do with it as he sees fit. In Two Treatises of Government, Locke says “The reason why men enter into society is the preservation of their property” (H.B. McCullough, page 8, section 222). When Locke refers to “society” he is referring to government,
