...of the earth, they may nourish themselves, and live contentedly; is, to confer all their power and strength upon one man, or upon one assembly of men,...and every one to own, and acknowledge himself to be author of whatsoever he that so beareth their person, shall act, or cause to be acted, in those things...

...benefit." He continues: " The only way to erect such a common power . . . is to confer all their power and strength upon one man or upon one assembly of men,...men to bear their person ; and every one to own, and to acknowledge himself to be the author of, whatsoever he that so beareth their person shall act or...

...dear to Tory minds. But how was this unity to be achieved ? By conferring, he answers, ' all power and strength upon one man or upon one assembly of men,...plurality of voices unto one will ; which is, as much to say, to appoint one man or assembly of men to bear their person. . . . This is the generation of...

...to give up their natural rights of war, and "to confer all their power and strength upon one man or one assembly of men, that may reduce all their wills by plurality of voices to one will."9 Thus the Leviathan or sovereign is erected by the mutual contract to maintain peace...

...universal consent of a common power to enforce the laws of Nature. Men are " to confer all their power and strength upon one man or upon one assembly of men,...their wills by plurality of voices unto one will." This is " as if every man should say to every man, ' I authorize and give up my right of governing...

...they list." .... "And it is necessary for them to reduce all their wills, by plurality of voices, to one will; which is as much as to say, to appoint one man, or assembly of men, to bear their person; as if every man should say to every man, 'I authorise and give up my right of governing myself to this...

...upon one man, or upon one assembly of men, 1 Leo., pt. i. ch. xv. * Ibid., pt. i. ch. xiv. * Loc. cit. that may reduce all their wills, by plurality of voices,...one man, or assembly of men, to bear their person. . . . This is more than consent, or concord ; it is a real unity of them all, in one and the same person,...

...powers necessary "to reduce all their wills by plurality of voices to one will." " They" will thus "appoint one man or assembly of men to bear their person ; and everyone to own and acknowledge himself to be the author of whatsoever he that so beareth their person...

...fruits of the earth, they may nourish themselves and live contentedly, is to confer all their power and strength upon one man, or upon one assembly of men,...and every one to own and acknowledge himself to be author of whatsoever he that so beareth their person shall act, or cause to be acted, in those things...

...power and strength upon one man, or upon an assembly of men, that may reduce all their wills . . . unto one will, . . . which is as much as to say, to appoint one man or an assembly of men, to bear their person, and every one to own and acknowledge himself to be author...