The main political problem is how to prevent the police power from becoming tyrannical. This is the meaning of all the struggles for liberty.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Liberty struggles focus on limiting police power to prevent tyranny.
- In plain terms
- Fighting for freedom means stopping the police from becoming tyrants.
- What can you take from it?
- Liberty requires checking state coercive power.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Is police power the main threat?
- How else can tyranny arise?
Another view
Some argue other powers beyond police can also become tyrannical.
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