In the Leviathan, Hobbes makes an analogy which parallels the civil state to the parts of a human body. ... When describing human nature, Hobbes argues that, in the absence of civil society, every action we perform is done for reasons which are selfish. The state of nature in Leviathan is derived from Hobbes' speculation as to how people (who are inherently selfish) would behave prior to the formation of any civil society. ... Given this absolute freedom, Hobbes believed that until the state of war was brought to an end, and a civil society formed with a sovereign power, there would be...

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Because of the lost wars such as the War of the League of Augsburg and the Seven Years War with England, France had a war debt of half its annual budget. ... Louis XVI was unable to collect the revenues necessary to maintain the French Government and pay off its war debts. ... Napoleon proved to not only be a genius at war, but also at politics and domestic reform. ... The Magna Carta was a very early step to what England was to become; it was drafted and accepted in 1215 and was meant to protect certain general civil and inalienable rights of the people of England. ...

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In the federalist papers No.10, James Madison stated that "The latent causes of faction are thus sown in the nature of man;...according to the different circumstances of civil society. A zeal for different opinions concerning religion, concerning government, and many other points, as well of speculation as of practice; an attachment to different leaders ambitiously contending for pre-eminence and power;...have, in turn, divided mankind into parties, inflamed them with mutual animosity, and rendered them much more disposed to vex and oppress each other than to co-operate for their common g...

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This unrestrained freedom is the staple of our nation, recognized as our individual or civil liberty. ... In the early twentieth century there was a war Americans won and a Depression Americans beat, all of which catered the impression that government was an effectual force that could solve all and fix all. ... Hayek, and the brilliant philosopher author Ayn Rand waged war against the swelling arbitrary nature of the United States government. ... We saw it in everything from the suspected "conspiracy" that killed a president to the mercenary politics that waged political wars We saw it ...

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