• It is true that they that have sovereign power may commit iniquity, but not injustice or injury in the proper signification.

  Source: Leviathan (1651) XVIII

  Thomas Hobbes
  British philosopher 1588-1679
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Subjects in these quotes:

1. signification
2. injustice
3. injury
4. proper

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It is true that they that have sovereign power may commit iniquity, but not injustice or injury in the proper signification. by : Thomas Hobbes

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