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Sed id, quod fieri natura rerum ipsa cogebat, ut
plusculum sibi iuris populus adscisceret liberatus a
regibus, non longo intervallo, sexto decimo fere anno,
Postumo Cominio Sp. Cassio consulibus consecutus est; in quo defuit fortasse ratio, sed tamen
vincit ipsa rerum publicarum natura saepe rationem.
Id enim tenetote, quod initio dixi, nisi aequabilis haec
in civitate conpensatio sit et iuris et officii et muneris, ut et potestatis satis in magistratibus et auctoritatis in principum consilio et libertatis in populo sit,
non posse hunc incommutabilem rei publicae
conservari statum.
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