Without a strong government people would act crazy.
"Democracy will soon degenerate into an anarchy; such an anarchy that every man will do what is right in his own eyes and no man's life or property or reputation or liberty will be secure, and every one of these will soon mould itself into a system of subordination of all the moral virtues and intellectual abilities, all the powers of wealth, beauty, wit, and science, to the wanton pleasures, the capricious will, and the execrable cruelty of one or a very few."
-- John Adams, An Essay on Man's Lust for Power (1763)
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What is Human Nature?  Β»What is Human Nature?
Human's are weak, greedy and selfish Β»Human's are weak, greedy and selfish
Without a strong government people would act crazy.
Hobbes. In nature people's lives would be nasty, brutish and short. Β»Hobbes. In nature people's lives would be nasty, brutish and short.
Machiavelli: It is better to be feared than loved (The Prince). Β»Machiavelli: It is better to be feared than loved (The Prince).
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