Gross tyranny to individuals is too dangerous to be carried far.

It is a capital crime for any but the officers of the Sovereign and of the twelve Regents to possess the fearfully destructive weapons that brought our last wars to an end.

But any man, driven to desperation, can construct and use similar weapons so easily that no ruler will drive a man to such revengeful despair.

Again, the tyranny of subordinate officials would be checked by their chief, who would be angry at being troubled and endangered by misconduct in which he had no direct interest.

And finally, _personal_ malice is not a strong passion among us; and our manners render it unlikely that a ruler should come into such collision with any of his subjects as would engender such a feeling.