How could a state be governed, or protected in its foreign relations if every individual remained free to obey or not to obey the law according to his private opinion. (Thomas Hobbes)

How could a state be governed, or protected in its foreign relations if every individual remained free to obey or not to obey the law according to his private opinion.

Thomas Hobbes

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