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By Plato
The excess of liberty, whether in States or individuals, seems only to pass into excess of slavery.
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- The Republic, Republic, Book VIII
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- Plato, translated by Benjamin Jowett, The Dialogues of Plato (Project Gutenberg text, eBook #1497)
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From Book VIII of The Republic, in Benjamin Jowett's translation. Plato wrote it as a dialogue, so the words are Plato's text. Socrates is the speaker, talking with Adeimantus about how democracy turns into tyranny.