| | <blockquote>"Nature herself has imprinted upon the minds of all, the idea of God." - Cicero</blockquote> | | <blockquote>"Nature herself has imprinted upon the minds of all, the idea of God." - Cicero</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."</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."</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> |
| | 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, |