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atque haec ei
loquuntur qui quondam propter levitatem populares habebantur1.
ex quo intellegi potest animo illos abhorruisse
semper ab optimo civitatis statu, non voluntate fuisse
popularis. qui enim evenit2 ut, qui in rebus improbis
populares fuerint, idem in re una maxime populari, quod
eadem salutaris rei publicae sit, improbos se quam popularis
esse malint? me quidem semper, uti scitis, adversarium3
multitudinis temeritati haec fecit4 praeclarissima causa popularem.
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