"Force and fraud are in war the two…" — Thomas Hobbes

"Force and fraud are in war the two cardinal virtues."

— Thomas Hobbes

Anti War Quotes Antiwar Quotes Cardinal Quotes Cardinal Virtues Quotes Cardinals Quotes Force Quotes Fraud Quotes Hype Quotes Two Quotes Two Cardinal Quotes Virtue Quotes Virtues Quotes War Quotes

112 Quotes by Thomas Hobbes

Thomas Hobbes has 112 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

Isn't your pants' zipper supposed to be in the front?
All men, among themselves, are by nature equal. The inequality we now discern hath its spring from the civil law.
What reason is there that he which laboreth much, and, sparing the fruits of his labor, consumeth little, should be…
There are very few so foolish that they had not rather govern themselves than be governed by others.
Understanding is nothing else than conception caused by speech.
A man's conscience and his judgment is the same thing; and as the judgment, so also the conscience, may be…
The world is governed by opinion.
It's my turn, to take a leap into the darkness!
Life in the state of nature is solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.
A free man is he that, in those things which by his strength and wit he is able to do,…
Prudence is but experience, which equal time equally bestows on all men in those things they equally apply themselves unto.
By this we may understand, there be two sorts of knowledge, whereof the one is nothing else but sense, or…

See all 112 quotes by Thomas Hobbes »

More Anti War Quotes

This quote is filed under Anti War Quotes, one of 357 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:

The chief qualification of a mass leader has become unending infallibility; he can never admit an error. — Hannah Arendt
Look back over the past, with its changing empires that rose and fell, and you can foresee the future, too. — Marcus Aurelius
Nothing doth more hurt in a state than that cunning men pass for wise. — Francis Bacon
A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government. — Edward Abbey
The tragedy of modern war is that the young men die fighting each other - instead of their real enemies… — Edward Abbey
There is danger from all men. The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man… — John Adams
Great is the guilt of an unnecessary war. — John Adams
Let us not deceive ourselves; we must elect world peace or world destruction. — Bernard Baruch
If you live long enough, you'll see that every victory turns into a defeat. — Simone de Beauvoir
All war represents a failure of diplomacy. — Tony Benn
War is organized murder and torture against our brothers. — Alfred Adler
To all those who walk the path of human cooperation war must appear loathsome and inhuman. — Alfred Adler

See all 357 Anti War Quotes »