Book 2
5.4
And injustice possessed of power is fearful, for the unjust man is unjust through deliberate inclination.And therefore, having the inclination to be unjust, if he has the power, he will be so.
5.5
And outraged virtue when it has power, for it is evident that it always desires satisfaction, whenever it is outraged, and now it has the power.
5.6
And fear felt by those able to injure us in any way, for such as these also must be ready to act.
5.7
And since most men are rather bad than good and the slaves of gain and cowardly in time of danger, being at the mercy of another is generally fearful, so that one who has committed a crime has reason to fear his accomplices as likely to denounce or leave him in the lurch.
5.8
And those who are able to ill-treat others are to be feared by those who can be so treated; for as a rule men do wrong whenever they can. Those who have been, or think they are being, wronged, are also to be feared, for they are ever on the look out for an opportunity. And those who have committed some wrong, when they have the power, since they are afraid of retaliation,
5.9
which was assumed to be something to be feared. And those who are our rivals for the same things, whenever it is impossible to share them, for men are always contending with such persons.
