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What peace can there be between Marcus Antonius and (in the first, place) the
senate? with what face will he be able to look upon you, and with what eyes will
you, in turn, look upon him? Which of you does not hate him? which of you does
not he hate? Come, are you the only people who hate him, and whom he hates?
What? what do you think of those men who are besieging Mutina, who are levying
troops in Gaul, who are threatening
your fortunes? will they ever be friends to you, or you to them? will he embrace
the Roman knights? For, suppose their inclinations respecting, and their
opinions of Antonius were very much concealed, when they stood in crowds on the
steps of the temple of Concord, when they stimulated you to endeavor to recover
your liberty, when they demanded arms, the robe of war, and war, and who, with
the Roman people, invited me to meet in the assembly of the people, will these
men ever become friends to Antonius? will Antonius ever maintain peace with
them?
M. Tullius Cicero. The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, literally translated by C. D. Yonge. London. George Bell & Sons. 1903.
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