Of Natural Laws (1651) [ Concepts ]
… to his enemy; contrary to the Right (he can never abandon) of defending his life, and means of living. But in a civill estate, where there is a Power set up to constrain those that would otherwise violate their faith, that feare is no more … invalide. For in the condition of Nature, where every man is Judge, there is no place for Accusation: and in the Civill State, the Accusation is followed with Punishment; which being Force, a man is not obliged not to resist. The same is …
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