&gt;It’s true that many governments have been set up during
such storms; but in those cases it was the governments
themselves that destroyed the state. Usurpers always create
or select times of disturbance and public fear to get destructive laws passed—laws that the people would never have adopted when they were thinking coolly. One of the surest ways of distinguishing a legislator’s work from a tyrant’s is through the question: When did he choose to act?<p>-Jean-Jacques Rousseau, The Social Contract<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.earlymoderntexts.com&#x2F;assets&#x2F;pdfs&#x2F;rousseau1762.pdf" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.earlymoderntexts.com&#x2F;assets&#x2F;pdfs&#x2F;rousseau1762.pdf</a>