User:Infernal.magnet/Quotes

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The English political philosopher Thomas Hobbes' book Leviathan (1651) expounded on the 'social contract theory' of government. When 'nation(s)' is substituted for 'person(s)' in the theory below, it advocates the creation of a world government and depicts the current international system as anarchical.

"The natural condition of nations is a state of perpetual war of all against all, where no morality exists, and everyone lives in constant fear," this is the 'state of nature'.

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