"The only way to erect such a common power, as may be able to defend them from the invasion of foreigners, and the injuries of one another, and thereby to secure them in such sort, as that by their own…"

"The science of every man's duty, which is called ethics, is nothing else but the knowledge of what is good and evil in the actions of men."

"For every man by nature is supposed to be equal to every other man, and therefore, if there be no common power to keep them in awe, they will be in a state of war, of every man against every man."

"The right of all sovereigns is derived from the people, not from God."

"The light of human minds is perspicuous words, but by exact definitions first snuffed, and purged from ambiguity."