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
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. – Thomas Hobbes
Science is the knowledge of consequences, and dependence of one fact upon another. – Thomas Hobbes
Prudence is but experience, which equal time, equally bestows on all men, in those things they equally apply themselves unto. – Thomas Hobbes
Science is now the craft of the manipulation, substitution and deflection of the forces of nature. What I see coming is a gigantic slaughterhouse, an Auschwitz, in which valuable enzymes, hormones, and so on will be extracted instead of gold teeth. – Erwin Chargaff, Columbia Forum, Summer 1969