John Locke Quote

If man in the state of nature be so free, as has been said; if he be absolute lord of his own person and possessions, equal to the greatest, and subject to no body, why will he part with his freedom, this empire, and subject himself to the dominion and control of any other power?

Second Treatise of Government, Ch. IX, sec. 123 - Two Treatises of Government (1689)