Since, therefore, the efficacy of justice is so great that it strengthens and augments the power even of robbers, how great do we think its power will be in a constitutional government with its laws and courts?
Following an observation about justice among criminals, Cicero poses a rhetorical question emphasizing the even greater power and necessity of justice within a constitutional government.
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