Thomas Hobbes Power Quotes

What did Thomas Hobbes say about Power?

Thomas Hobbes has written many quotes about Power. E.g.,

• I put for the general inclination of all mankind, a perpetual and restless desire of power after power, that ceaseth only in death.
• 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.
• During the time men live without a common power to keep them all in awe, they are in that conditions called war and such a war, as if of every man, against every man.

What are the top most famous Power quotes by Thomas Hobbes?

Here are the top most famous quotes about Power by Thomas Hobbes.

• I put for the general inclination of all mankind, a perpetual and restless desire of power after power, that ceaseth only in death.
• 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.
• During the time men live without a common power to keep them all in awe, they are in that conditions called war and such a war, as if of every man, against every man.
• The obligation of subjects to the sovereign is understood to last as long, and no longer, than the power lasteth by which he is able to protect them.