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

The condition of man… is a condition of war of everyone against everyone. – Thomas Hobbes

Other quotes by Thomas Hobbes

He that is taken and put into prison or chains is not conquered, though overcome; for he is still an enemy. – Thomas Hobbes

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Prison
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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. – Thomas Hobbes

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War
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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 believe there be many so wise as themselves. – Thomas Hobbes

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Men
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Of all the enemies of public liberty, war is perhaps the most to be dreaded, because it comprises and develops the germ of every other. – James Madison

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War: a massacre of people who dont know each other for the profit of people who know each other but dont massacre each other. – Paul Valery

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I guess if people couldnt profit from war I dont think there would be war. – Lily Tomlin

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War

Dress it as we may, feather it, daub it with gold, huzza it, and sing swaggering songs about it, what is war, nine times out of ten, but murder in uniform? – Douglas Jerrold

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Our knowledge can only be finite, while our ignorance must necessarily be infinite. – Karl Popper

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I love to wear lingerie. The problem is that men always rip it off too quickly. When women are dolled up in lingerie they feel sexy. So let us wear it for five minutes. – Karen McDougal

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Wood burns because it has the proper stuff in it and a man becomes famous because he has the proper stuff in him. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Going to war without France is like going hunting without an accordion. – Norman Schwarzkopf

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