For Hobbes cared nothing for the contract so long as strong government could be shown to be implicit in the natural badness of men, while Locke assumed their goodness and made his contract essential to their opportunity for moral expression.
Laski contrasts Hobbes and Locke's views on the social contract and human nature in political theory.
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How could it seek security where it defied the desires of the vast majority of its subjects?
From no accusation were its statesmen more anxious to be free than from that of a belief in democratic government.
It is an attempt to give each man as similar a chance as possible to utilize what powers he may possess.
The main thing was to be rid of the Divine Right of kings.
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