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A Covenant not to defend myself from force, by force, is always void. For... no man can transfer or lay down his Right to save himself from Death.

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Thomas Hobbes
Age: 91 †
Born: 1588
Born: April 5
Died: 1679
Died: December 4
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For if all things were equally in all men, nothing would be prized.
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Religions are like pills, which must be swallowed whole without chewing.
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