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Two Treatises of Government Quotes

As usurpation is the exercise of power which another has a right to, so tyranny is the exercise of power beyond right, which nobody can have a right to.

Source:Book II. Chapter XVIII. Of Tyranny
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John Locke - Two Treatises of Government Quotes
  • Book: Two Treatises of Government
  • Writer: John Locke
  • Genre: Philosophy
  • Published: 1689
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