All national rulers, no matter what the nation or the political regime, lord it over their subjects. There can be no political power without tyranny. (Jacques Ellul)

All national rulers, no matter what the nation or the political regime, lord it over their subjects. There can be no political power without tyranny.

Jacques Ellul

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