Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

Folly is the mother of all evils.

There is nothing more unjust than seeking reward in justice.

I am ashamed of those philosophers who do not want to banish any vice unless it is punished by the judge.

Laws have been made for the good of the citizens.

Nature itself has imprinted in everyone's mind the idea of a God.

Freedom only resides in states where the people have supreme power.

The supreme law is the good of the people.

The law has not been established by the ingenuity of men, nor by the command of the peoples, but it is something eternal that governs the Universe with the wisdom of commanding and forbidding.

The law is, therefore, the distinction between just and unjust things, expressed in accordance with that ancient and primal nature of things.

Justice is absolutely null if it is not found in nature.

Might makes right.

Science that strays from justice should be called cunning more than science.