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Quotation from The Republic and The Laws by Marcus Tullius Cicero

“the safety of the people is the supreme law”

Marcus Tullius Cicero (spoken by Marcus)

The Republic and The Laws, Laws, Book III, trans. Francis Barham

Portrait of Marcus Tullius Cicero

From the code for the consuls, the Latin salus populi suprema lex, later a common maxim of political writing.

Citation: "the safety of the people is the supreme law" — Marcus Tullius Cicero, The Republic and The Laws, Laws, Book III, trans. Francis Barham. (id cicero-republic-and-laws-q8)

Portrait: Francesco Bartolozzi - Cicero - B1977.14.19547 - Yale Center for British Art, Francesco Bartolozzi, CC0.

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