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It is not wisdom but Authority that makes a law. - Thomas Hobbes

It is not wisdom but Authority that makes a law. – Thomas Hobbes

Other quotes by 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

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power
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Thomas Hobbes
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There is no such thing as perpetual tranquillity of mind while we live here because life itself is but motion, and can never be without desire, nor without fear, no more than without sense. – Thomas Hobbes

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Fear
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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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Nature
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This is perhaps the most profound meaning of the book of Job, the best example of wisdom. – Paul Ricoeur

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Wisdom

We learned in World War II that no single nation holds a monopoly on wisdom, morality or right to power, but that we must fight for the weak and promote democracy. – Joe Baca

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Wisdom

The weak have remedies, the wise have joys superior wisdom is superior bliss. – Edward Young

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Wisdom

To keep your secret is wisdom but to expect others to keep it is folly. – Samuel Johnson

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Wisdom

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The United States is not a nation based upon race, creed, or religion – we are a nation based upon our loyalty and allegiance to our country and her principles. – Jim Ryun

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If I where to describe myself in one word, a new word should be made. – Anonymous

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Words

Age steals away all things, even the mind. – Virgil

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Age

When I got Jacobs Latter, I was nervous because I felt I wasnt allowed to fail. I felt that they were waiting for one little failure and that would prove them right and Id be,out of there. – Elizabeth Pena

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Failure