On the record44 BC
Justice totters or rather, I should say, lies already prostrate; so also with all those virtues which are discernible in social life and the fellowship of human society.
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Cicero
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From his philosophical treatise on moral duties, Cicero laments the decline of justice and other virtues essential for societal well-being.
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