More law, less justice.

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero

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An unjust peace is better than a just war.

An unjust peace is better than a just war.

It shows nobility to be willing to increase your debt to a man to whom...

It shows nobility to be willing to increase your debt to a man to whom...

Glory follows virtue as if it were its shadow.

Glory follows virtue as if it were its shadow.

When a government becomes powerful it is destructive, extravagant and violent; it is an usurer...

When a government becomes powerful it is destructive, extravagant and violent; it is an usurer...

Silence is one of the great arts of conversation.

Silence is one of the great arts of conversation.

The eyes like sentinel occupy the highest place in the body.

The eyes like sentinel occupy the highest place in the body.

Advice in old age is foolish; for what can be more absurd than to increase...

Advice in old age is foolish; for what can be more absurd than to increase...

The best interpreter of the law is custom.

The best interpreter of the law is custom.

Even if you have nothing to write, write and say so.

Even if you have nothing to write, write and say so.

There is no sanctuary so holy that money cannot profane it, no fortress so strong...

There is no sanctuary so holy that money cannot profane it, no fortress so strong...

Nothing is so unbelievable that oratory cannot make it acceptable.

Nothing is so unbelievable that oratory cannot make it acceptable.

Rashness belongs to youth; prudence to old age.

Rashness belongs to youth; prudence to old age.

Hatred is settled anger

Hatred is settled anger

What then is freedom ? The power to live as one wishes

What then is freedom ? The power to live as one wishes

Of all nature's gifts to the human race, what is sweeter to a man than...

Of all nature's gifts to the human race, what is sweeter to a man than...

Knowledge which is divorced from justice, may be called cunning rather than wisdom.

Knowledge which is divorced from justice, may be called cunning rather than wisdom.

The law in Athens is true in Rome

The law in Athens is true in Rome

The foundation of justice is good faith.

The foundation of justice is good faith.

Faith begins where Reason sinks exhausted.

Faith begins where Reason sinks exhausted.

A man with a grain of faith in God never loses hope, because he ever...

A man with a grain of faith in God never loses hope, because he ever...

From each as they choose, to each as they are chosen.

From each as they choose, to each as they are chosen.