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<blockquote>"The man in an administrative office, however, must make it his first care that everyone shall have what belongs to him and that private citizens suffer no invasion of their property rights by act of the state." - Cicero, ''De Officiis''</blockquote>

<blockquote>"The man in an administrative office, however, must make it his first care that everyone shall have what belongs to him and that private citizens suffer no invasion of their property rights by act of the state." - Cicero, ''De Officiis''</blockquote>

<blockquote>"There is a true law, a right reason, conformable to nature, universal, unchangeable, eternal, whose commands urge us to duty, and whose prohibitions restrain us from evil. ... This law cannot be contradicted by any other law, and is not liable either to derogation or abrogation. Neither the senate nor the people can give us any dispensation for not obeying this universal law of justice. It needs no other expositor and interpreter than our own conscience. It is not one thing at Rome and another at Athens; one thing today and another tomorrow; but in all times and nations this universal law must for ever reign, eternal and imperishable." - Cicero, ''De Re Publica''<ref>{{cite book|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=5tnEv-f82IUC&pg=PA51&lpg=PA51&dq=There+is+a+true+law,+a+right+reason,+conformable+to+nature,+universal&source=bl&ots=CP4PWaTRmw&sig=3WiUNGpjDU-UyIjoMb1W-Akpjb4&hl=en&sa=X&ei=iNmtT5jRDYTu0gHX2oS-DA&ved=0CDwQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=There%20is%20a%20true%20law%2C%20a%20right%20reason%2C%20conformable%20to%20nature%2C%20universal&f=false|title=The Republic and the Laws|author=Marcus Tullius Cicero}}</ref></blockquote>

<blockquote>"There is a true law, a right reason, conformable to nature, universal, unchangeable, eternal, whose commands urge us to duty, and whose prohibitions restrain us from evil. ... This law cannot be contradicted by any other law, and is not liable either to derogation or abrogation. Neither the senate nor the people can give us any dispensation for not obeying this universal law of justice. It needs no other expositor and interpreter than our own conscience. It is not one thing at Rome and another at Athens; one thing today and another tomorrow; but in all times and nations this universal law must for ever reign, eternal and imperishable." - Cicero, ''De Re Publica''<ref>{{cite book|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=5tnEv-f82IUC&pg=PA51&lpg=PA51&dq=There+is+a+true+law,+a+right+reason,+conformable+to+nature,+universal&source=bl&ots=CP4PWaTRmw&sig=3WiUNGpjDU-UyIjoMb1W-Akpjb4&hl=en&sa=X&ei=iNmtT5jRDYTu0gHX2oS-DA&ved=0CDwQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=There%20is%20a%20true%20law%2C%20a%20right%20reason%2C%20conformable%20to%20nature%2C%20universal&f=false|title=The Republic and the Laws|author=Marcus Tullius Cicero}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2Ky_yiNo1BAC&pg=PA270|title=The political works of Marcus Tullius Cicero, tr. by Francis Barham|author=Marcus Tullius Cicero|date=1841}}</ref></blockquote>

Cicero did NOT say. :"The budget should be balanced, the Treasury should be refilled,

Cicero did NOT say. :"The budget should be balanced, the Treasury should be refilled, public debt should be reduced, the arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and controlled, and the assistance to foreign lands should be curtailed lest Rome become bankrupt. People must again learn to work, instead of living on public assistance."<ref>

public debt should be reduced, the arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and controlled, and the assistance to foreign lands should be curtailed lest Rome become bankrupt. People must again learn to work, instead of living on public assistance."<ref>

* 1 It's a fake quote that was invented by a newspaper in 1986.  Paul F. Boller and John George, ''They Never Said It: A Book of Fake Quotes, Misquotes, and Misleading Attributions'' (1990) p. 14

* 1 It's a fake quote that was invented by a newspaper in 1986.  Paul F. Boller and John George, ''They Never Said It: A Book of Fake Quotes, Misquotes, and Misleading Attributions'' (1990) p. 14

* 2 In 1968, a slight variation on this quote is attributed to Cicero by Congressman Passman in the Congressional Record url=http://www.archive.org/stream/congressionalrec114dunit#page/n631/mode/1up</ref>

* 2 In 1968, a slight variation on this quote is attributed to Cicero by Congressman Passman in the Congressional Record url=http://www.archive.org/stream/congressionalrec114dunit#page/n631/mode/1up</ref>

==Further reading==

==Further reading==

* May, James M. ''Brill's Companion to Cicero: Oratory and Rhetoric.'' (2002), 632pp [http://www.questia.com/read/109308773?title=Brill's%20Companion%20to%20Cicero%3a%20Oratory%20and%20Rhetoric online edition]

* May, James M. ''Brill's Companion to Cicero: Oratory and Rhetoric.'' (2002), 632pp [http://www.questia.com/read/109308773?title=Brill's%20Companion%20to%20Cicero%3a%20Oratory%20and%20Rhetoric online edition]

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