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itaque nulla alia in civitate, nisi in qua populi potestas summa est, ullum domicilium libertas habet; qua quidem certe nihil potest esse dulcius, et quae, si aequa non est, ne libertas quidem est.

(Cic. Rep. 31)

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January 12, 2026 at 11:50 AM
In no society, except that in which the power of the people is the greatest, does liberty have a home; verily, nothing can be sweeter; and yet, if it is not shared evenly by all, it is not, in fact, liberty.
January 12, 2026 at 11:50 AM
ἐτρυφήσατε ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς καὶ ἐσπαταλήσατε, ἐθρέψατε τὰς καρδίας ὑμῶν ἐν ἡμέρᾳ σφαγῆς. κατεδικάσατε, ἐφονεύσατε τὸν δίκαιον. οὐκ ἀντιτάσσεται ὑμῖν.

(James 5:5-6)

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January 11, 2026 at 4:09 PM
You have lived in luxury upon the earth, with licentious indulgence; you have nourished your hearts in a day of slaughter. You have condemned, you have murdered the just one, who stands not against you.
January 11, 2026 at 4:09 PM
τῶν πολυκτόνων γὰρ οὐκ
ἄσκοποι θεοί, κελαι-
ναὶ δ᾿ Ἐρινύες χρόνῳ
τυχηρὸν ὄντ᾿ ἄνευ δίκας
παλιντυχεῖ τριβᾷ βίου
τιθεῖσ᾿ ἀμαυρόν, ἐν δ᾿ ἀΐσ-
τοις τελέθοντος οὔτις ἀλ-
κά.

(Aesch. Ag. 461-8)

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January 10, 2026 at 12:39 AM
For the gods are not heedless of those who have killed many, and the black Furies in good time enfeeble the man who has been lucky in escaping justice, destroying his life as they reverse his fortune; and when he enters the house of the unseen, he has no protection.
January 10, 2026 at 12:39 AM
Grievous is the citizens’ speech filled with rancour, as it has the power of a curse ordained by the people.

βαρεῖα δ᾿ ἀστῶν φάτις σὺν κότῳ,
δημοκράντου δ᾿ ἀρᾶς τίνει χρέος

(Aesch. Ag. 456f)

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January 7, 2026 at 1:58 AM
ἕως πότε κρίνετε ἀδικίαν καὶ πρόσωπα ἁμαρτωλῶν λαμβάνετε;

κρίνατε ὀρφανῷ καὶ πτωχῷ, ταπεινὸν καὶ πένητα δικαιώσατε·

ἐξέλεσθε πένητα καὶ πτωχόν, ἐκ χειρὸς ἁμαρτωλοῦ ῥύσασθε αὐτόν.

(LXX Ps. 81:2-4)

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January 2, 2026 at 8:58 PM
How long will you choose injustice and side with knaves?

Grant justice to the orphan and mendicant, do right by the humble and poor;

Set free the impoverished beggar and deliver him from the clutches of the wicked.
January 2, 2026 at 8:58 PM
A propitious dawn rises: cherish it on your tongue and in your heart! Now we ought to say good things on this good day.

prospera lux oritur: linguis animisque favete!
nunc dicenda bona sunt bona verba die.

(Ov. Fast. 1.71f)

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January 1, 2026 at 3:14 PM
καὶ συγκόψουσι τὰς μαχαίρας αὐτῶν εἰς ἄροτρα καὶ τὰς ζιβύνας αὐτῶν εἰς δρέπανα, καὶ οὐ λήψεται ἔθνος ἐπ᾿ ἔθνος μάχαιραν, καὶ οὐ μὴ μάθωσιν ἔτι πολεμεῖν.

(LXX Isa. 2:4)

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December 25, 2025 at 1:53 PM
And they will beat their swords into ploughs and their spears into scyths, and nation will not raise the sword against nation, and never will they even learn how to make war.
December 25, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Est igitur, inquit Africanus, res publica res populi, populus autem non omnis hominum coetus quoquo modo congregatus, sed coetus multitudinis iuris consensu et utilitatis communione sociatus.

(Cic. Rep. 1.25)
December 20, 2025 at 12:06 PM
And so, said Scipio, a commonwealth is a thing of the people. Not every gathering of men, however, composed in any old way, is a “people,” but a large assembly, united in a shared agreement on justice and a fellowship for the common good.

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December 20, 2025 at 12:06 PM
“Hope is the only good god among mortal men,
as the rest have forsaken us for Olympus.”

Ἐλπὶς ἐν ἀνθρώποισι μόνη θεὸς ἐσθλὴ ἔνεστιν,
ἄλλοι δ᾿ Οὔλυμπον ἐκπρολιπόντες ἔβαν.
(Thgn. 1135f)

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December 17, 2025 at 2:46 AM
In fashioning evil acts against another, a man fashions evils for himself: an evil design is evilest for the designer.

οἷ τ’ αὐτῷ κακὰ τεύχει ἀνὴρ ἄλλῳ κακὰ τεύχων,
ἡ δὲ κακὴ βουλὴ τῷ βουλεύσαντι κακίστη
(Hes. Op. 265f)

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December 12, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Io: “By whose hand will he be stripped of his despotic scepter?”

Prometheus: “By his own hand, thanks to his mindless contrivances.”

ΙΩ
πρὸς τοῦ τύραννα σκῆπτρα συληθήσεται;

ΠΡΟΜΗΘΕΥΣ
πρὸς αὐτὸς αὐτοῦ κενοφρόνων βουλευμάτων.
(Aesch. PV 761f)

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December 7, 2025 at 1:58 PM
αὐτίκα γὰρ τρέχει Ὅρκος ἅμα σκολιῇσι δίκῃσιν,
τῆς δὲ Δίκης ῥόθος ἑλκομένης ᾗ κ᾽ ἄνδρες ἄγωσιν
δωροφάγοι, σκολιῇς δὲ δίκῃς κρίνωσι θέμιστας.
(Hes. Op. 219-221)
December 5, 2025 at 2:01 PM
The god of Oaths runs straightaway alongside crooked judgements,
and a roar comes from Justice, dragged wherever men lead her,
bribe-eaters, as they decide the law with crooked judgements.

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December 5, 2025 at 2:01 PM
33 And if a foreigner comes to dwell among you in your land, do not oppress him: 34 the foreigner who has come to you shall be as one who has been born from your land among you, and you shall love him as yourself, since you were foreigners in Egypt

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33 ᾿Εὰν δέ τις προσέλθῃ ὑμῖν προσήλυτος ἐν τῇ γῇ ὑμῶν, οὐ θλίψετε αὐτόν· 34 ὡς ὁ αὐτόχθων ἐν ὑμῖν ἔσται ὁ προσήλυτος ὁ προσπορευόμενος πρὸς ὑμᾶς, καὶ ἀγαπήσεις αὐτὸν ὡς σεαυτόν, ὅτι προσήλυτοι ἐγενήθητε ἐν γῇ Αἰγύπτῳ· ἐγώ εἰμι Κύριος ὁ Θεὸς ὑμῶν. (LXX Lev. 19:33-34)
November 28, 2025 at 1:24 PM
That is, I suppose, a particular sickness of despotism, not trusting one's friends.

ἔνεστι γάρ πως τοῦτο τῇ τυραννίδι
νόσημα, τοῖς φίλοισι μὴ πεποιθέναι.
(Aesch. PV 224f)

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November 28, 2025 at 3:20 AM
He [i.e. Brutus] was the first in this country to show that no one is a private citizen when it comes to defending the liberty of citizens.

primusque in hac civitate docuit in conservanda civium libertate esse privatum neminem.
(Cic. Rep. 2.46.2)

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November 26, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Learn to do good, seek out justice, defend those who have been wronged, stand on the side of the orphan, and do right by the widow.

μάθετε καλὸν ποιεῖν, ἐκζητήσατε κρίσιν, ῥύσασθε ἀδικούμενον, κρίνατε ὀρφανῷ καὶ δικαιώσατε χήραν.

(LXX Isa. 1:15-17)
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November 17, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Wash and become clean; take the evils of your soul from my sight and put an end to your wickedness.

λούσασθε καὶ καθαροὶ γίνεσθε, ἀφέλετε τὰς πονηρίας ἀπὸ τῶν ψυχῶν ὑμῶν ἀπέναντι τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν μου, παύσασθε ἀπὸ τῶν πονηριῶν ὑμῶν,
November 17, 2025 at 1:48 PM
ὅταν ἐκτείνητε τὰς χεῖρας ὑμῶν πρός με, ἀποστρέψω τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς μου ἀφ᾿ ὑμῶν, καὶ ἐὰν πληθύνητε τὴν δέησιν, οὐκ εἰσακούσομαι ὑμῶν· αἱ γὰρ χεῖρες ὑμῶν αἵματος πλήρεις.
November 17, 2025 at 1:48 PM