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Quotation from The Republic and The Laws by Marcus Tullius Cicero
“There is a fourth kind of government, therefore, which, in my opinion, is preferable to all these: it is that mixed and moderate government, which is composed of the three particular forms which I have already noticed”
The Republic and The Laws, Republic, Book I, trans. Francis Barham
After weighing kingship, aristocracy and democracy, Scipio commends the mixed constitution.
Citation: "There is a fourth kind of government, therefore, which, in my opinion, is preferable to all these: it is that mixed and moderate government, which is composed of the three particular forms which I have already noticed" — Marcus Tullius Cicero, The Republic and The Laws, Republic, Book I, trans. Francis Barham. (id cicero-republic-and-laws-q2)
Portrait: Francesco Bartolozzi - Cicero - B1977.14.19547 - Yale Center for British Art, Francesco Bartolozzi, CC0.
