“Some of you, may die, but that’s a sacrifice I’m willing to make.”
The revolution... is successful, but survival depends on drastic measures.Your continued existence represents a threat to the well-being of society.
Your lives means slow death to the more valued members of the colony.
Therefore I have no alternative but to sentence you to death.
Your execution is so ordered.
Signed, Kodos, governor of Tarsus 4.
From The Conscience of the King
Star Trek TOS, First Season, Episode 13.
Kirk unmasks a mass-murdering dictator who is passing himself off as a great actor.