On the record44 BC
But if they mean to adopt it as a principle, that a pledge given to the faithless is no pledge, let them look to it that it be not a mere loophole for perjury that they seek.
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Cicero
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gutenberg.orgCicero: “But if they mean to adopt it as a principle, that a pledge given to the faithless is no pledge, let them look to it that…”
Editor's note · Context
Cicero warns against the dangerous principle that pledges made to the faithless are not binding, seeing it as a potential justification for perjury.
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