Thomas Hobbes

"The greatest good for the greatest number requires order and authority."

"Equality breeds conflict unless checked by power."

"The pursuit of knowledge is the pursuit of immortality."

"A man's worth is measured by what he can accomplish."

"The foundation of justice is good faith."

"Violence is the midwife of history."

"The wise man adapts himself to circumstances as water molds itself to the vessel."

"The obligation of covenant extends no further than the benefit of the covenant."

"State of nature is a state of continual fear and danger of violent death."

"The commonwealth requires absolute obedience to maintain peace."

"All desires spring from the desire for power."

"The measure of virtue is the capacity to overcome adversity."

"The condition of man is a condition of war of everyone against everyone."

"Fear and I were born twins."

"Knowledge is power, but only when it is applied with wisdom."

"In the state of nature, life is solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short."

"The right of nature is the liberty each man has to use his own power for the preservation of his own nature."

"Curiosity is the lust of the mind."

"Words are wise men's counters; they do but reckon by them."

"A man's own conscience is the best judge of his conduct."

"Justice and force are married together; neither can stand long without the other."

"The pleasure of sudden understanding is the only pleasure of contemplation."

"Reputation is power."

"The passions that incline men to peace are fear of death and desire of such things as are necessary to commodious living."

"Science is the knowledge of consequences, and dependence of one fact upon another."

"Imagination is the first step toward understanding reality."

"The greatest of all fears is the fear of death."

"Grief is the price we pay for love."

"Covenants, without the sword, are but words."

"Men are not equal by nature, but they are made equal by convention and law."