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Hobbes believed that people had to hand over their rights in order to gain law and order.

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Hobbes believed that the government was made to protect people from selfish evil.

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The book argued that people are naturally wicked and cannot be trusted to govern.

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Hobbes was born in England in 1988. Once he grew up, he had to flee the country to escape the English Civil War. This would influence his book, Leviathan.

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Countries should be ruled by a single "Leviathan", or king or queen so that they may provide leadership

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Governments were created to protect people from themselves and it is not possible for people to have both freedom and peace.

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"If men are not naturally in a state of war, why do they always carry arms and why do they have keys to lock their doors?"

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"If men are not naturally in a state of war, why do they always carry arms and why do they have keys to lock their doors?"

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Hobbes believed that humans are selfish and should not be trusted to make their own decisions. Therefore they should exchange their rights in for law and order.

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Written by Thomas Hobbes in 1651, this book was one of the earliest examples of social contract theory.