For it is to this that the laws have regard; this is their intent, that the bonds of union between citizens should not be impaired; and any attempt to destroy these bonds is repressed by the penalty of death, exile, imprisonment, or fine.
Cicero explains that the primary intent of laws is to preserve the bonds of union among citizens, with severe penalties for their destruction.
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