On the record44 BC
Through a specious appearance of expediency wrong is very often committed in transactions between state and state, as by our own country in the destruction of Corinth.
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Cicero
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Cicero critiques the historical actions of states, including Rome, where perceived expediency led to moral wrongs in international relations.
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