"And because the condition of man, (as hath been declared in the precedent chapter) is a condition of war of every one against every one; in which case every one is governed by his own reason; and ther…"

"And therefore, if a man consider that argument, which is drawn from the common consent of all nations, to prove there is a God; he must not think it an argument of God's existence, but of the existenc…"

"The Papacy is not other than the Ghost of the deceased Roman Empire, sitting crowned upon the grave thereof."

"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; and consequently, of doing any …"

"Whatsoever is the object of any man's appetite or desire, that is it which he for his part calleth good: and the object of his hate and aversion, evil."