"The greatest part of mankind, though they have the use of reason, yet they do not use it to that end."

"In such condition there is no place for industry, because the fruit thereof is uncertain: and consequently no culture of the earth; no navigation, nor use of the commodities that may be imported by se…"

"The power of a man, (to take it universally,) is his present means, to obtain some future apparent good."

"A man's conscience and his judgement are the same thing, and as the judgement, so also the conscience, may be erroneous."

"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…"