Right to Revolution

When a government violates its trust by acting against the people's liberty and property, the people have the right to resist, alter, or dissolve that government and establish a new one.

When the law is perverted to protect violence, the injured have no earthly appeal and must appeal to heaven, implying a right to resist unjust authority.

Locke asserts that when the legislative or executive uses force without authority against the people, it creates a state of war, and the people have the right to remove such power by force.

Locke asserts that when rulers exercise power for harm, the people have no earthly judge and may appeal to heaven, justifying resistance against tyranny.

Locke asserts that the conquered and their descendants have the right to appeal to heaven and resist unjust governments imposed by force.