Thomas Hobbes Quotes

During the time men live without a common power to keep them all in awe, they are in that conditions called war; and such a war, as if of every man, against every man.

Thomas Hobbes

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• During the time men live without a common power to keep them all in awe, they are in that conditions called war; and such a war, as if of every man, against every man.

  

  Thomas Hobbes
  • Men
  • War
  • Common Power