Quote by Thomas Hobbes
Force and fraud are in war the two cardinal virtues. - Thomas Hobb

Force and fraud are in war the two cardinal virtues. – Thomas Hobbes

Other quotes by Thomas Hobbes

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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Prudence is but experience, which equal time, equally bestows on all men, in those things they equally apply themselves unto. – Thomas Hobbes

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Experience
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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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The United States established itself as a trustworthy new nation in its first two decades after the Revolutionary War by paying its debts, even when many in the country believed it had no obligation to do so. Alexander Hamilton, the founder of this newspaper, insisted on it. – John Podhoretz

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War

The war on terror, if this is a war on terror, can only be won by a sincere regional and international cooperation. All have to believe they have something at stake and work together. In the absence of this it will become political and interest-oriented. – Hamid Karzai

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War

It is my conviction that killing under the cloak of war is nothing but an act of murder. – Albert Einstein

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War

War has been good to me from a financial standpoint but I dont want to make money that way. I dont want blood money. – Ted Turner

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