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In a time of such licentiousness on the part of the
wicked, of daily complaint on the part of the Roman people, of dishonour in the courts
of law, of unpopularity of the whole senate, as I thought that this was the only remedy
for these numerous evils, for men who were both capable and upright to undertake the
cause of the republic and the laws, I confess that I, for the sake of promoting the
universal safety, devoted myself to upholding that part of the republic which was in the
greatest danger.
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M. Tullius Cicero. The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, literally translated by C. D. Yonge. London. George Bell & Sons. 1903.
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