[17]
hic quaero quam ob
causam initium rerum ac legum suarum hinc duxerit ut
populus Romanus suffragio privaretur. totiens legibus
agrariis curatores constituti sunt iiiviri, vviri, xviri;
quaero a populari tribuno plebis ecquando nisi per
xxxv tribus creati sint. etenim cum omnis potestates,
imperia, curationes ab universo populo Romano proficisci
convenit, tum eas profecto maxime quae constituuntur ad
populi fructum aliquem et commodum, in quo et universi
deligant quem populo Romano maxime consulturum putent,
et unus quisque studio et suffragio suo viam sibi ad beneficium
impetrandum munire possit. hoc tribuno plebis
potissimum venit in mentem, populum Romanum universum
privare suffragiis, paucas tribus non certa condicione
iuris, sed sortis beneficio fortuito ad usurpandam
libertatem vocare.
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