The good of the people is the highest law.
-- Marcus Tullius Cicero "De Legibus" (106-43 BCE)
-- Marcus Tullius Cicero "De Legibus" (106-43 BCE)
Related:
- Virtue is its own reward. [and] Ignorance of good and evil is the most
upsetting fact of human life.
Marcus Tullius Cicero "De Finibus" (106-43... - Salus populi suprema est lex.
[The welfare of the people is the ultimate law.]
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Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43... - Our character (mores) is not so much the product of race and heredity,
as of circumstances by which nature forms habits,... - Law stands mute in the midst of arms.
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Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 B.C... - Law stands mute in the midst of arms.
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Marcus Tullius... - An unjust peace is better than a just war.
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Marcus Tullius Cicero "Epistola ad Atticum" (106-43... - When you are aspiring to the highest place, it is honorable to reach the
second or even the third rank.
Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 B.C... - Liberty consists in the power of doing that which is permitted by law.
Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 B.C... - Men resemble the gods in nothing so much as in doing good to their
fellow creatures.
Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 B.C...
