Full Idea
The beginning of politic society depends upon the consent of the individuals to join into and make one society.
Gist of Idea
A society only begins if there is consent of all the individuals to join it
Source
John Locke (Second Treatise of Government [1690], 106)
Book Reference
Locke,John: 'Two Treatises of Government' [Everyman 1988], p.169
A Reaction
This is the dramatic new political idea (originating with Hobbes), that all of the members must (at some point) consent to the state. In practice we are all born into a state, so it is not clear what this means in real life.