For all uniting of strength by private men, is, if for evil intent, unjust; if for intent unknown, dangerous to the Publique, and unjustly concealed. (Thomas Hobbes)

For all uniting of strength by private men, is, if for evil intent, unjust; if for intent unknown, dangerous to the Publique, and unjustly concealed.

Thomas Hobbes

Related topics

evil men strength unknown

Related quotes

Content thyself to be obscurely good. When vice prevails, and impious men bear sway, the post of honoris a private station. View quote
Joseph Addison
If evil is inevitable, how are the wicked accountable? Nay, why do we call men wicked at all? Evil is inevitable, but is also remediable. View quote
Horace Mann
As soon as the land of any country has all become private property, the landlords, like all other men, love to reap where they never sowed, and demand a rent even for its natural produce. View quote
Adam Smith
Rich men without convictions are more dangerous in modern society than poor women without chastity. View quote
George Bernard Shaw
The new always carries with it the sense of violation, of sacrilege. What is dead is sacred; what is new, that is different, is evil, dangerous, or subversive. View quote
Henry Miller