Thomas Hobbes Quotes

From whence it follows, that were the publique and private interest are most closely united, there is the publique most advanced.

Thomas Hobbes

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Many female politicians get intimidated by the aggressive behaviour of men. I don't. Not because I am a courageous person or anything, but because I see international standards, and I see that they are worth fighting for.

Safak Pavey
- Men
- Standards
- Aggressive
At times, my very own media makes me cringe, and occasionally out loud. By the way, nothing clears the head like an out-loud cringe.

Dan Jenkins
- Way
- Media
- Cringe
If you push down that pyramid of power and spread out the base, every member gets a chance to file their bill and have it heard and file their amendment and have it heard, as opposed to the system that we have now, which closes out, closes down bills, limits debate, and so forth.

Dan Webster
- Power
- Chance
- Limits
I feel more and more like 'myself' these days. Before becoming a father, I can remember a low-level feeling of somehow not quite being myself.

B. D. Wong
- Remember
- Father
- Feeling
Your system was liable to periodical convulsions...business crises at intervals of five to ten years, which wrecked the industries of the nation.

Edward Bellamy
- Business
So what does it matter where it was when it was hit? We could have sunk it if it'd been tied up on the quayside in a neutral port and everyone would still have been delighted.

Alan Clark Dire Straits
- Up