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That a man be willing, when others are so too, as far forth as for peace and defense of himself he shall think it necessary, to lay down this right to...more

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When all the world is overcharged with inhabitants, then the last remedy of all is war, which provideth for every man, by victory or death.

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War consisteth not in battle only, or the act of fighting; but in a tract of time, wherein the will to contend by battle is sufficiently known.

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Prudence is but experience, which equal time, equally bestows on all men, in those things they equally apply themselves unto.

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Such truth, as opposeth no man's profit, nor pleasure, is to all men welcome.

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

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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, ...more

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I put for the general inclination of all mankind, a perpetual and restless desire of power after power, that ceaseth only in death.