While Greek states had in the past often been ruled by tyrants, this was a form of arbitrary government that was on the decline.

It has been relatively free of the coups and arbitrary governments that have blighted the continent.

And that is at least one of the problems with Locke's theory of the right of resistance to arbitrary government.

While the project may put more gun violators behind bars, it simultaneously erodes our protections against arbitrary government.

The four years of the Directory were a time of arbitrary government and chronic disquiet.

This practice constitutes a big step down the road leading to arbitrary government rather than a true rule of law.

Having experienced arbitrary and capricious government in England, they were zealous defenders of personal liberty and self-government".

Such uncertainty could and did permit the charge of arbitrary government.

For them, the document shielded living beings from arbitrary government and endowed them with the right to speak, assemble and petition.

Thus a few days after Nell's profound quip, Charles had to reassure parliament he would 'never use arbitrary government', nor 'suffer it in others'.