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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.

John Locke
Exercise, Government, Tyranny
John Locke (2015). “The Second Treatise of Civil Government”, p.141, Broadview Press
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.