Thomas Hobbes Quotes on Politics
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 politics, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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Attributed to Thomas Hobbes:
“And the life of man, solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.”
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Attributed to Thomas Hobbes:
“The war of all against all.”
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Attributed to Thomas Hobbes:
“Covenants without the sword are but words, and of no strength to secure a man at all.”
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Attributed to Thomas Hobbes:
“The condition of man is a condition of war of every one against every one.”
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Attributed to Thomas Hobbes:
“He that is to govern a whole nation must read in himself, not this or that particular man, but mankind.”
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Attributed to Thomas Hobbes:
“Such truth as opposes no man's profit, nor pleasure, is to all men welcome.”