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Or if he had in any particular made a
decree contrary to my interest unjustly, would you then think that I was fairly an
enemy to him; but now that he has acted contrary to the interests, and property, and
advantage, and inclination, and welfare of all good men, do you ask why I am an
enemy to a man towards whom the whole Roman people is hostile? I, who above all
other men ought to undertake, to gratify the desires of the Roman people, even a
greater burden and duty than my strength perhaps is equal to.
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