"For every man by nature is supposed to be equal to every other man, and therefore, if there be no common power to keep them in awe, they will be in a state of war, of every man against every man."

"For the source of all superstition is the fear of things invisible."

"Rebellion is a disease that proceeds from the ignorance of the people, and the ambition of the few."

"For the laws of nature, as I have shewed in the end of the fifteenth chapter, are immutable and eternal; but the force and efficacy of these laws depend upon the security which men have of being able …"

"The obligation of subjects to the sovereign, is understood to last as long, and no longer, than the power lasteth, by which he is able to protect them."