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 on war
Force and fraud are in war the two cardinal virtues. Thomas Hobbes on war
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. Thomas Hobbes on war
It is not wisdom but Authority that makes a law. Thomas Hobbes on wisdom
Force and fraud are in war the two cardinal virtues. Thomas Hobbes on spririt