Assertion: tyrant | /r/HasProperty | ruler
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text: A tyrant is a ruler who is cruel and unmerciful.
text: Technically, there are two classes of tyrants: a tyrant by usurpation (tyrannus in titulo), a ruler who has illegitimately seized power; and a tyrant by oppression (tyrannus in regimine), a ruler who wields power unjustly, oppressively, and arbitrarily.
text: Technically, there are two classes of tyrants: a tyrant by usurpation (tyrannus in titulo), a ruler who has illegitimately seized power; and a tyrant by oppression (tyrannus in regimine), a ruler who wields power unjustly, oppressively, and arbitrarily.
text: Tyrants and dictators are both rulers who exercise unrestrained power, and usually in a manner that is harmful to the people they rule, but while tyrants are necessarily bad rulers, the theoretical concept of the benign dictator does exist, a ruler who has vast power but uses it for the benefit of those he or she rules.