The object of every free government is the public good, and all lesser interests yield to it. That of every tyrannical government,… — Marcus Junius Brutus the Younger Felicity Copy Share Image
What can be happier than for a man, conscious of virtuous acts, and content with liberty, to despise all human affairs? [Lat.,… — Marcus Junius Brutus the Younger Affair Copy Share Image
By all means must we fly; not with our feet, however, but with our hands. — Marcus Junius Brutus the Younger Feet Copy Share Image
Virtue, vain word, futile shadow, slave of chance! Alas! I believe in thee! — Marcus Junius Brutus the Younger Alas Copy Share Image
I can scarcely contemplate a greater calamity that could befall this country, than be loaded with a debt exceeding their ability ever… — Marcus Junius Brutus the Younger Ability Copy Share Image
The origin of society, then, is to be sought, not in any natural right which one man has to exercise authority over… — Marcus Junius Brutus the Younger Associates Copy Share Image
I have not come to praise Caesar, but to bury him. — Marcus Junius Brutus the Younger Praise Copy Share Image