Thomas Hobbes Quotes
Covenants without the sword are but words and of no strength to secure a man at all.
Thomas Hobbes, 1588-1679, English Political Philosopher, Leviathan, 1651
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Despite his recognition of this point, he too became an advocate of murdering religious opponents.
He argues that even if the concession to terrorists is seemingly small, there is much greater damage in that the minimal concession will also stimulate more attempts to gain other victories. See {629723} for his complementary statement on dealing with terrorists.
The Confession was a statement of doctrine to which the Swiss Anabaptists adopted.
Law enforcement is as important as the laws themselves.
This article was published under the name of “A Lover Of Peace” but is generally attributed to Paine. He was publishing in Pennsylvania which had a large Quaker, pacifist population and Paine was urging them to consider being armed.
Thomas Hobbes was an English philosopher, considered to be one of the founders of modern political philosophy. Hobbes is best known for his 1651 book Leviathan, in which he expounds an influential formulation of social contract theory. In addition to political philosophy, Hobbes contributed to a diverse array of other fields, including history, jurisprudence, geometry, the physics of gases, theology, and ethics, as well as philosophy in general.
