"To this war of every man against every man, this also is consequent; that nothing can be unjust."

"For the laws of nature are not properly laws, but certain dictates of reason."

"The right of nature, which writers commonly call Jus Naturale, 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 ow…"

"For the nature of man is such, that he is always desirous of new things, and of change; and therefore, if there be no common power to keep him in awe, he will be continually in a state of war."

"Ignorance of causes makes men feareful of any power invisible."