John Locke, Baron de Montesquieu, and Jean-Jacques Rousseau provided the ideas that our constitution was founded on. Locke defined "natural rights", while Montesquieu laid out separation of power, and Rousseau gave us The Social Contract.
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Fellow philosophers, like John Locke include Voltaire, Adam Smith, and Rousseau. Montesquieu, Beccaria, and Diderot are also comparable to Locke in his theories.
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Locke had the greatest direct influence. For example, Jefferson adapted the phrase 'life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness' from Locke's 'Two Treatises on Government.' Montesquieu's book 'The Spirit of the Laws' had more influence on the U.S. constitution, because it described the checks and balances of having three branches of government.
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