If the people secured their end at the hands of one just and good man, they were satisfied with that; but when such was not their good fortune, laws were invented, to speak to all men at all times in one and the same voice.
In a discussion on the foundations of society and governance, Cicero explains the necessity of laws when individual rulers fail.
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But those wars which have glory for their end must be carried on with less bitterness.
Moreover, all our thought and mental activity will be devoted either to planning for things that are morally right and that conduce to a good and happy life, or to the pursuits of science and learning.
Such acts of generosity are not to be so highly esteemed as those which are performed with judgment, deliberation, and mature consideration.
Further than this, who fails to see that those promises are not binding which are extorted by intimidation or which we make when misled by false pretences?
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