Thomas Hobbes
Thomas Hobbes was born April 5th, 1588, & started off as a philosopher in England; making sense why he would later be one of the people to help develop the U.S's political system right? He believed in a social contract theory, in that if the people were willing to give up some rights to make hold a stronger pledge to the government to make sure that everything remained civil, the government would reward them with other rights. In his own words "The natural state of men, before they were joined in society, was a war, & not simply, but a war all against all." Otherwise, if there was no strong government, then there would only be anarchy.