"Rulers should be opposed when they grow extreme in the use of their power and use it for the destruction of the people. Whosoever uses force without right, puts himself into a state of war with those against who he uses that power...all former ties are cancelled and everyone has the right to defend himself to resist the aggressor."
The author of this document is most likely:
John Locke.
Thomas Hobbes.
Catherine the Great.
Christopher Columbus.