FDR believed in a "hands on" approach to help solve the Great Depression. He favored federal government activity and the New Deal enacted laws that influenced society on a daily basis on the part of the federal government. Hoover believed in a balanced budget and not pumping government money into the economy.
Locke believed in a state of nature( no government) people would be unsafe and no one would be peaceful to each other. Hobbes was the opposite of that and believed everyone would help one another and be kind.
