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Hobbes thinks it is necessary for all to confer their power unto the sovereign because when a man possesses the right to everything, it throws him into a war with his equals. Hobbes states, "Hereby it is manifest that during the time men live without a common power to keep them all in awe, they are in that condition which is called war, and such a war as is of every man against every man (…

…the two unlike states, the state of war without a sovereign and the state of peace with a supreme ruler, and how life would be different in each, he would be much better off choosing the second state. Man's nature does not necessitate him giving up his right and living in a state regulated by a ruler, but when this control leads to a much better life, it is rational for him to do so.