They stayed in power because they had strong armies and people supported them
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what were some of the responsibilities of the governments of early civilization
The government would have become a tyranny if there was no separation of powers
Government is not what the federalists feared to be the most apparent source of tyranny. The federalists supported the idea of government. They actually believed that the most apparent source of tyranny was the Majority Rule - that is to say they thought that the popular majority would be able to unite and "trample on the rules of justice". It was the anti-federalists who believed that government was naturally tyrannical.
All government types have the ability to become "cruel" or "unjust" commonly the term used is "Tyranny" but there have also been many other terms.
To protect against tyranny