Hobbes and Locke?

Both Hobbes and Locke believed that there existed (either theoretically or realistically) that there existed before the formation of civilization a state of nature and that this state is the natural state of human beings. This state, as Hobbes would put it was "nasty, brutish and short" Both would agree that these were not lawless times,as there still existed some code of conduct, or, at the very least, a natural state. Natural law and human law, as Locke would say, would need to be able to coexist with natural law, otherwise it will inevitably be disobeyed. Thus when governments are forming laws, they must take into account what the people are naturally inclined to do and either embrace these tendencies or subvert them in a way that is benificial to others as well as themselves.