Philosophical dialogue · Dialogue · Philosophical literatureDemocracy passes into despotism.SocratesPlato, Republic · 375 BC★ 8.3
Political literature · Philosophical literatureNo tyrant need fear till men begin to feel confident in each other.AristotlePolitics · 350 BC★ 8.1
Political literature · Philosophical literatureWhere some people are very wealthy and others have nothing, the result will be either extreme democracy or absolute oligarchy, or despotism will come from either of those excesses.AristotlePolitics · 350 BC★ 7.2
Treatise · Political literatureWhere-ever Law ends, Tyranny begins.John LockeTwo Treatises of Government · 1690★ 7.2