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

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

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Such is the nature of men, that howsoever they may acknowledge many others to be more witty, or more eloquent, or more learned; yet they will hardly b...more

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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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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, a...more