I put down for one of the most effectual seeds of the death of any state, that the conquerors require not only a submission of men's actions to them for the future, but also an approbation of all their actions past.


Leviathan (1651)

Thomas Hobbes Quotes

I put down for one of the most effectual seeds of the death of any state, that the conquerors require not only a submission of men's actions to them...

I put down for one of the most effectual seeds of the death of any state, that the conquerors require not only a submission of men's actions to them...

I put down for one of the most effectual seeds of the death of any state, that the conquerors require not only a submission of men's actions to them...

I put down for one of the most effectual seeds of the death of any state, that the conquerors require not only a submission of men's actions to them...