For if we had not allowed the crimes of many to go unpunished, so great licence would never have centred in one individual.
Cicero: “For if we had not allowed the crimes of many to go unpunished, so great licence would never have centred in one…”
On the record44 BC
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Cicero
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In a discussion of political responsibility, Cicero argues that the failure to punish widespread crimes paved the way for a single individual to wield excessive power.
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