For there is but one essential justice which cements society, and one law which establishes this justice. This law is right reason, which is the true rule of all commandments and prohibitions. Whoever neglects this law, whether written or unwritten, is necessarily unjust and wicked.


De Legibus (On the Laws), Book I, section 42


For there is but one essential justice which cements society, and one law which establishes this justice. This law is right reason, which is the true ...

For there is but one essential justice which cements society, and one law which establishes this justice. This law is right reason, which is the true ...

For there is but one essential justice which cements society, and one law which establishes this justice. This law is right reason, which is the true ...

For there is but one essential justice which cements society, and one law which establishes this justice. This law is right reason, which is the true ...