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But my cause was embraced openly by the
senate, with the greatest energy by the equestrian order, by all Italy by means of public resolutions, and
by all good men with the greatest earnestness, as if it were their own
personal quarrel. I had performed achievements with regard to which I had
not been the sole originator of them, but the leader of the universal
inclination of all the citizens; and which were designed to promote not my
own single glory, but the common safety of all the citizens—I may
almost say of all nations. And I had performed them in such a manner that
all men were bound at all times to uphold and defend my conduct.
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M. Tullius Cicero. The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, literally translated by C. D. Yonge, B. A. London. George Bell & Sons, York Street, Covent Garden. 1891.
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