The obligation of subjects to the sovereign, is understood to last as long, and no longer, than the power lasteth, by which he is able to protect them.
Leviathan, social contract
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"For the laws of nature, as I have shewed in the end of the fifteenth chapter, are immutable and eternal; but the force and efficacy of these laws depend upon the security which men have of being able …"
Controversial"For whatsoever is the object of any man's appetite or desire, that is it which he for his part calleth good: and the object of his hate and aversion, evil; and of his contempt, vile and inconsiderable…"
Strange & Unusual"Fear of power invisible, feigned by the mind, or imagined from tales publicly allowed, is religion; not allowed, superstition."
Strange & Unusual"For every man, that is not an idiot, knoweth that there is a God; yet few there be that think there is but one, or that he is eternal, or incomprehensible, or that he governs the world; but they imagi…"
Strange & Unusual"For where no covenant hath preceded, there hath no right been transferred, and every man has right to every thing; and consequently, no action can be unjust."
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