The only way to erect such a Common Power, as may be able to defend them from . . . the injuries of one another, and thereby to secure them in such sort . . . is to confer [give] all their power and strength upon one Man, or upon one Assembly of men, that may reduce all their Wills, by plurality of voices, unto one Will.
–Leviathan,
Thomas Hobbes,
1660
Which claim does Hobbes support in this passage?
People have the right to defend themselves against injuries from others.
People should be willing to give their government complete authority to rule.
People tend to elect assemblies that will support the will of the majority.
People act in their own best interests to secure their own wills.