Marcus Tullius Cicero Quote

Let us be slaves to the laws, in order to be free.

Folly is the mother of all evils.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

There is nothing more unjust than seeking reward in justice.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

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

Marcus Tullius Cicero

Laws have been made for the good of the citizens.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

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

Marcus Tullius Cicero

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

Marcus Tullius Cicero

The supreme law is the good of the people.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

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.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

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

Marcus Tullius Cicero

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

Marcus Tullius Cicero

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

Marcus Tullius Cicero