A colleague once described political theorists as people who were obsessed with two dozen books; after half a century of grappling with… — Alan Ryan Copy Share Image
County library? Reference desk, please. Hello? Yes, I need a word definition. Well, that's the problem. I don't know how to spell… — Bill Watterson Copy Share Image
There's Hobbes, who understood in the 1640s that the sovereign is not an appointee of God, or even a figure of superior… — Catherine Wilson Copy Share Image
Calvin: Do you believe in the devil? You know, a supreme evil being dedicated to the temptation, corruption, and destruction of man?… — Bill Watterson Copy Share Image
Calvin: Dear Santa, before I submit life to your scrutiny, I demand to know who made YOU the matter of my fate?!… — Bill Watterson Copy Share Image
“As Thomas Hobbes observed in the 17th century, life under mob rule is solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short. Life on a… — Steve McConnell Copy Share Image
[Calvin and Hobbes are playing Scrabble.] Calvin: Ha! I've got a great word and it's on a "Double word score" box! Hobbes:… — Bill Watterson Copy Share Image
Government is founded not on force, as was the theory of Hobbes; nor on compact, as was the theory of Locke and… — James Otis Copy Share Image
I am a super nostalgic person in general. I think part of the reason that I'm in the film business is because,… — Jordan Vogt-Roberts Copy Share Image
The will to power, as the modern age from Hobbes to Nietzsche understood it, far from being a characteristic of the strong,… — Hannah Arendt Copy Share Image
"War," says Machiavelli, "ought to be the only study of a prince;" and by a prince he means every sort of state,… — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
Long before Einstein told us that matter is energy, Machiavelli and Hobbes and other modern political philosophers defined man as a lump… — George Will Copy Share Image
“Hobbes took the madness of his age, considered it “normal,” and projected it back into prehistoric epochs of which he knew next… — Christopher Ryan Copy Share Image
CALVIN: Isn't it strange that evolution would give us a sense of humor? When you think about it, it's weird that we… — Bill Watterson Copy Share Image
“CALVIN: Hey, I got some mail! It's a Valentine card. HOBBES: From Susie Derkins! CALVIN: It says "Please be my Valentine." HOBBES:… — Bill Watterson Copy Share Image
“The philosophy of Hobbes , it is true, contains nothing of modern race doctrines, which not only stir up the mob, but… — Hannah Arendt Copy Share Image
CALVIN: This whole Santa Claus thing just doesn't make sense. Why all the secrecy? Why all the mystery? If the guy exists… — Bill Watterson Copy Share Image
Calvin: Look, a dead bird! Hobbes: It must've hit a window. Calvin: Isn't it beautiful? It's so delicate. Sighhh... once it's too… — Bill Watterson Copy Share Image
![“[Calvin and Hobbes are playing Scrabble.] Calvin: Ha! I've got a great word and it's on a "Double word score" box! Hobbes: "ZQFMGB" isn't a word! It doesn't even have a vowel! Calvin: It is so a word! It's a worm found in New Guinea! Everyone knows that! Hobbes: I'm looking it up. Calvin: You do…” quote by Bill Watterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/568/bill-watterson-728_boxes_calvin-and-hobbes-are-playing-scrabble-c_2614652.jpg)
