Reading that was like pushing a well-oiled cart through wet sand, and also like chewing wet sand, and I love that you shared it.
Madness string 101870
This and no other is the root from which a tyrant springs; when he first appears he is a protector. When the tyrant has disposed of foreign enemies by conquest or treaty, and there is nothing more to fear from them, then he is always stirring up some war or other, in order that the people may require a leader.