“ In all Common-wealths, if a private man entertain more servants, than the government of his estate, and lawfull employment he has for them requires, it is Faction, and unlawfull. For having the protection of the Common-wealth, he needeth not the defence of private force. ”
Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan (1651). copy citation
| Author | Thomas Hobbes |
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| Source | Leviathan |
| Topic | wealth protection |
| Date | 1651 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/3207/3207-h/3207-h.htm |
Context
“yet it is not Injustice. For sometimes, (as mens manners are,) Justice cannot be had without mony; and every man may think his own cause just, till it be heard, and judged.
Feuds Of Private Families
In all Common-wealths, if a private man entertain more servants, than the government of his estate, and lawfull employment he has for them requires, it is Faction, and unlawfull. For having the protection of the Common-wealth, he needeth not the defence of private force. And whereas in Nations not throughly civilized, severall numerous Families have lived in continuall hostility, and invaded one another with private force; yet it is evident enough, that they have done unjustly;”
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