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Quotation from The Republic and The Laws by Marcus Tullius Cicero
“a commonwealth is a constitution of the entire people. But the people is not every association of men, however congregated, but the association of the entire number, bound together by the compact of justice, and the communication of utility.”
The Republic and The Laws, Republic, Book I, ch. 25, trans. Francis Barham
Scipio's definition of the commonwealth, which Augustine later examined in City of God.
Citation: "a commonwealth is a constitution of the entire people. But the people is not every association of men, however congregated, but the association of the entire number, bound together by the compact of justice, and the communication of utility." — Marcus Tullius Cicero, The Republic and The Laws, Republic, Book I, ch. 25, trans. Francis Barham. (id cicero-republic-and-laws-q1)
Portrait: Francesco Bartolozzi - Cicero - B1977.14.19547 - Yale Center for British Art, Francesco Bartolozzi, CC0.
