Thomas Hobbes Quotes on Justice
Thomas Hobbes was a 17th-century English philosopher whose 1651 book Leviathan is one of the founding texts of modern political philosophy and social contract theory. This page collects quotes attributed to Thomas Hobbes on the topic of justice, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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“Covenants without the sword are but words, and of no strength to secure a man at all.”
The Second Part, Chapter 17, p. 85 -
“The Elements of Law, Natural and Politic Pt. I Human Nature (1640) Ch. 9”
The passion of laughter is nothing else but a sudden glory arising from sudden conception of some eminency in ourselves, by comparison with the infirmities of others, or with our own formerly... -
“In the state of nature, Profit is the measure of Right.”
...in statu naturae Mensuram juris esse Utilitatem. -
“De Cive "Of the right of him, whether Counsell, or one Man onely, who hath the supreme power in the City" (1642) Ch. 6”
For he that hath strength enough to protect all, wants not sufficiency to oppresse all.