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Good faith, meaning truth and keeping promises and agreements, is the foundation of justice
Drawn from what Cicero said
What Cicero actually said
- Cicero Roman statesman, orator and philosopher (106 to 43 BCE)
The foundation of justice, moreover, is good faith—that is, truth and fidelity to promises and agreements.
Where this was said
↗De Officiis (tr. Walter Miller, 1913)gutenberg.org
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