Cicero: “The wise man, therefore, will not think of doing any such thing for the sake of his country; no more will his country…”

Still, I do not mean to find fault with the accumulation of property, provided it hurts nobody, but unjust acquisition of it is always to be avoided.

The first office of justice is to keep one man from doing harm to another, unless provoked by wrong; and the next is to lead men to use common possessions for the common interests, private property for their own.

Now, those who care for the interests of a part of the citizens and neglect another part, introduce into the civil service a dangerous element--dissension and party strife.

Thus apparent expediency is outweighed when placed in the balance against moral rectitude.