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“"For he that hath strength enough to protect all, wants not sufficiency to oppresse all."”

— Thomas Hobbes

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Source

Title
Wikiquote: Thomas Hobbes
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Context

De Cive (1642), "Of the right of him, whether Counsell, or one Man onely, who hath the supreme power in the City", Ch. 6

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Hobbes, Thomas. (n.d.). Wikiquote: Thomas Hobbes. Wikiquote. https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Thomas_Hobbes

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