Quote by Thomas Hobbes
That a man be willing, when others are so too, as far forth as for

That a man be willing, when others are so too, as far forth as for peace and defense of himself he shall think it necessary, to lay down this right to all things and be contented with so much liberty against other men, as he would allow other men against himself. – Thomas Hobbes

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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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The right of nature… is the liberty each man hath to use his own power, as he will himself, for the preservation of his own nature that is to say, of his own life. – Thomas Hobbes

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

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Peace and abstinence from European interferences are our objects, and so will continue while the present order of things in America remain uninterrupted. – Thomas Jefferson

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Democracy is necessary to peace and to undermining the forces of terrorism. – Benazir Bhutto

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We will not have peace by afterthought. – Norman Cousins

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There is always a certain peace in being what one is, in being that completely. – Ugo Betti

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