This and no other is the root from which a tyrant springs: When he first appears he is a protector.”

– Plato (Ancient Greek philosopher, 428 BCE – 348 BCE)

Definitions of Tyranny

1. arbitrary or unrestrained exercise of power; despotic abuse of authority.

2. the government or rule of a tyrant or absolute ruler.

3. a state ruled by a tyrant or absolute ruler.

 4. oppressive or unjustly severe government on the part of any ruler.

5. undue severity or harshness.

6. a tyrannical act or proceeding.

http://www.globalethics.org/newsline/2011/03/21/the-root-of-tyranny/

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