Thomas Hobbes perceived that politics was all about power; the power to govern, to command, to make laws, and to enforce them, along with the power to levy taxes, regulate public opinion, and to make war and peace. The right to exercise this power is the sole right of the sovereign, whoever or whatever it may be. He recognized that there were different opinions about who is sovereign, and therefore different forms of government. The sovereign may be a single individual, or a select group of them, or a whol … (read more)
