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Thomas Hobbes Quotes: The condition of man... is a condition of war of everyone against everyone.
         

The condition of man... is a condition of war of everyone against everyone.


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A democracy is no more than an aristocracy of orators. The people are so readily moved by demagogues that control must be exercised by the government over speech and press.

A democracy is no more than an aristocracy of orators. The people are so readily moved by demagogues that control must be exercised by the government over speech and press.



Government is necessary, not because man is naturally bad... but because man is by nature more individualistic than social.

Government is necessary, not because man is naturally bad... but because man is by nature more individualistic than social.



Hell is truth seen too late.

Hell is truth seen too late.



Humans are driven by a perpetual and restless desire of power.

Humans are driven by a perpetual and restless desire of power.



The right of nature... is the liberty each man hath to use his own power, as he will himself, for the preservation of his own nature; that is to say, of his own life.

The right of nature... is the liberty each man hath to use his own power, as he will himself, for the preservation of his own nature; that is to say, of his own life.



How could a state be governed, or protected in its foreign relations if every individual remained free to obey or not to obey the law according to his private opinion.

How could a state be governed, or protected in its foreign relations if every individual remained free to obey or not to obey the law according to his private opinion.



Life in the state of nature is solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.

Life in the state of nature is solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.



It is not wisdom but Authority that makes a law

It is not wisdom but Authority that makes a law



Curiosity is the lust of the mind.

Curiosity is the lust of the mind.



The original of all great and lasting societies consisted not in the mutual good will men had toward each other, but in the mutual fear they had of each other.

The original of all great and lasting societies consisted not in the mutual good will men had toward each other, but in the mutual fear they had of each other.





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