“For he that hath strength enough to protect all, wants not sufficiency to oppresse all.”

— Thomas Hobbes , book De Cive

De Cive "Of the right of him, whether Counsell, or one Man onely, who hath the supreme power in the City" (1642) Ch. 6

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