Sic semper Tyrannus (literal, not literary). Unless I have it wrong, this translates equally (this always [with/to] tyrants), i.e., "tyrants are always this way."

This phrase has always bothered me. Your phrase is the correct one.

A well reasoned argument is like a diamond: impervious to corruption and crystal clear - and infinitely rarer.

Here, as elsewhere, people are outraged at what feels like a rigged game -- an economy that won't respond, a democracy that won't listen, and a financial sector that holds all the cards. - Robert Reich