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Quotation from Second Treatise of Government by John Locke
“Where-ever law ends, tyranny begins, if the law be transgressed to another’s harm”
Second Treatise of Government, Ch. XVIII, §202
Locke's definition of tyranny as power exercised beyond right, by kings as much as by lesser officers.
Citation: "Where-ever law ends, tyranny begins, if the law be transgressed to another’s harm" — John Locke, Second Treatise of Government, Ch. XVIII, §202. (id second-treatise-of-government-q11)
Portrait: Portrait of John Locke, Godfrey Kneller, Public domain.
