Question

In a few of sentences, explain what you can infer from the following quote from John Locke, and how did this thinking influence our forefathers?
"Every man has a property in his own person. This nobody has a right to, but himself."

Answer 1

I got from that is no one is allowed to enslave buy or sell and person it is thier property that you have no right to do any harm to.

Answer 2

John Locke was a philosopher from the Enlightenment period and one of the philosophers that most influenced the Founding Fathers. Locke defended that all people have three natural rights, that exist without the need for a law: Liberty, Property, and Life. This phrase influenced the Founding Fathers because it explains one of those natural rights that were inserted on the Declaration of Independence.