Cicero: “But those who in a free state deliberately put themselves in a…”

On the record44 BC

But those who in a free state deliberately put themselves in a position to be feared are the maddest of the mad.

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Cicero

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Writing on the duties of public figures, Cicero condemns those who seek to rule through terror in a republic.

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Cicero: “But those who in a free state deliberately put themselves in a position to be feared are the maddest of the mad.”