[tyranny] is proper only to Monarchies;
Other Forms of Government are liable to it,
as well as that.
For where-ever the Power
that is put in any hands for
the Government of the People, and
the Preservation of their Properties,
is applied to other ends, and
the Government of the People, and
the Preservation of their Properties,
is applied to other ends, and
made use of to impoverish,
harass, or subdue them to
harass, or subdue them to
the Arbitrary and Irregular Commands of
those that have it:
There it presently becomes Tyranny,
whether those that thus use it are one or many.
-- John Locke (1632-1704).
There it presently becomes Tyranny,
whether those that thus use it are one or many.
-- John Locke (1632-1704).
English philosopher and political theorist
Source: Two Treatises on Government, 1690
Source: Two Treatises on Government, 1690
