10 1"1Tll001,;CTION l perceive that we have destroyed the individual entities that were able to struggle separately against tyranny; but 1 see that it is government alone that inherits all the prerogatives extracted from fami1ies, from corporations, or from men: the fore.~ of a small number of citizens, sometimes oppressive, but often protective, has therefore been succeeded by the weakness of all.

A prince whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a tyrant is unfit to be the ruler