Law stands mute in the midst of arms.

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero

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A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason...

A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason...

In time of war the laws are silent.

In time of war the laws are silent.

Rather leave the crime of the guilty unpunished than condemn the innocent.

Rather leave the crime of the guilty unpunished than condemn the innocent.

I criticize by creation, not by finding fault

I criticize by creation, not by finding fault

The only excuse for war is that we may live in peace unharmed.

The only excuse for war is that we may live in peace unharmed.

He does not seem to me to be a free man who does not sometimes...

He does not seem to me to be a free man who does not sometimes...

Liberty consists in the power of doing that which is permitted by the law.

Liberty consists in the power of doing that which is permitted by the law.

Next to God we are nothing. To God we are Everything.

Next to God we are nothing. To God we are Everything.

Freedom is a man's natural power of doing what he pleases, so far as he...

Freedom is a man's natural power of doing what he pleases, so far as he...

The mind of each man is the man himself

The mind of each man is the man himself

Nothing is more unreliable than the populace, nothing more obscure than human intentions, nothing more...

Nothing is more unreliable than the populace, nothing more obscure than human intentions, nothing more...

To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a...

To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a...

What is permissible is not always honorable.

What is permissible is not always honorable.

For how many things, which for our own sake we should never do, do we...

For how many things, which for our own sake we should never do, do we...

If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.

If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.

Nothing is so strongly fortified that it cannot be taken by money.

Nothing is so strongly fortified that it cannot be taken by money.

I never admire another's fortune so much that I became dissatisfied with my own.

I never admire another's fortune so much that I became dissatisfied with my own.

The best interpreter of the law is custom.

The best interpreter of the law is custom.

The function of wisdom is to discriminate between good and evil.

The function of wisdom is to discriminate between good and evil.

No one was ever great without some portion of divine inspiration.

No one was ever great without some portion of divine inspiration.