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For those men that are so remissly governed that they dare take up arms to defend or introduce an opinion are still in war; and their condition, not peace, but only a cessation of arms for fear of one another; and they live, as it were, in the procincts of battle continually.
Leviathan, or, The matter, forme, & power of a common-wealth ecclesiasticall and civill 1651
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And in sedition, men being alwayes in the procincts of Battell, to hold together, and use all advantages of force, is a better stratagem, than any that can proceed from subtilty of Wit.
Leviathan Thomas Hobbes 1633
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For those men that are so remissely governed, that they dare take up Armes, to defend, or introduce an Opinion, are still in Warre; and their condition not Peace, but only a Cessation of Armes for feare of one another; and they live as it were, in the procincts of battaile continually.
Leviathan Thomas Hobbes 1633
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a cessation of arms for fear of one another; and they live, as it were, in the procincts of battle continually.
Leviathan 2007
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