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It Is Necessary For A Senator To Be Thoroughly Acquainted With The Constitution; And This Is A Knowledge Of The Most Extensive Nature; A Matter Of Science, Of Diligence, Of Reflection, Without Which No Senator Can Possibly Be Fit For His Office.

Things Sacred Should Not Only Be Touched With The Hands, But Unviolated In Thought. [lat., Res Sacros Non Modo Manibus Attingi, Sed Ne Cogitatione Quidem Violari Fas Fuit.]

Thou Knowest How Numerous This Tribe Is, How United And How Powerful In The Assemblies. I Will Plead In A Low Voice So That Only The Judges May Hear, For Instigators Are Not Lacking To Stir Up The Crowd Against Me, And Against All The Best Citizens. To Scorn, In The Interest Of The Republic, This Multitude Of Jews So Often Turbulent In The Assemblies Shows A Singular Strength Of Mind. The Money Is In The Treasury; They Do Not Accuse Us Of Theft; They Seek To Stir Up Hatreds.

Let The Force Of Arms Give Place To Law And Justice.

It Is Difficult To Remember All, And Ungracious To Omit Any.