Unlimited power corrupts the possessor.
Unlimited power is apt to corrupt the minds of those who posses it and this I know, my lords: that where law ends, tyranny begins.
If I were an American as I am an Englishman while a foreign troop was landed in my country I never would lay down my arms - never! never! never!
Where law ends there tyranny begins.
Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants it is the creed of slaves.