Manius Acilius Glabrio Quotes

A military leader often faces a situation he has to deal with, but because it is his duty, no court can try him.

The Roman jurisprudence has the longest known history of any set of human institutions.

The concept that flourished during the most glorious periods of republican Rome and that appeared in the Twelve Tables of the Law as one of the first, though as yet imperfect, affirmations of the rights of man, inspired the struggle between patricians and plebeians.

Rome was great in arms, in government, in law.

It is evident that in the period designated as that of the kings, when Rome commenced her career of conquest, she was, for that time and country, a great and wealthy city.

Ancient Rome was as confident of the immutability of its world and the continual expansion and improvement of the human lot as we are today.

It is an established principle of jurisprudence in all civilized nations that the sovereign cannot be sued in its own courts, or in any other, without its consent and permission; but it may, if it thinks proper, waive this privilege, and permit itself to be made a defendant in a suit by individuals, or by another State.

Perhaps Western civilization is in a post-decline phase, or maybe the decline is just taking a really long time, like the Roman Empire's did. The Romans had gladiators and Christian-hungry lions and that sort of thing. We have MTV.

Ancient Rome was a violent place.

Of the territory which the Romans won in war from their neighbors, a part they sold, and a part they made common land, and assigned it for occupation to the poor and indignant among the citizens…

In order to enable and encourage a representative of the publick to discharge his publick trust with firmness and success, it is indispensably necessary that he should enjoy the fullest liberty of speech, and that he should be protected from the resentment of everyone, however powerful, to whom the exercise of that liberty may occasion offence

Eternal Rome

In Rome … insomuch as the citizen possessed land enough for [300 to farm], [citizens] were confined by Stolo’s Law to 500 acres per citizen.

Trump is not the victim of the judicial system; he is or has been the defendant in 3,500 lawsuits - that's not the mark of a victim but rather a perpetrator.

I think the worst thing in the world is to have the courts decide who to target in the war on terrorism. And courts are not military commanders.

It is obviously sensible the crossing of a border ought not to protect a criminal from the consequences of his crime.

Mr. Trump, Americans can't afford, and don't want, to worry about the latest lawsuit filed against their president. And you're not immune from these suits once you enter the Oval Office. Anything you've done before taking office is fair game.

Service is running for public office with the explicit and limited goal of serving your neighbors.

We have long noted Pelosi's abuse of the perks of public office that granted her access to luxury military travel.

I think 'The Act of Killing' forced people to look at the problem, but the problem is actually a state run by thugs, or a shadow state, a part of the state that's run by thugs, and a military that enjoys complete legal - not just impunity, but immunity.

Congress should clarify that a sitting president is not subject to criminal indictment while in office.

We should not burden a sitting president with civil suits, criminal investigations, or criminal prosecutions.

Once you run for office, you're in it - sort of like going into the military. You'd better be damned sure it is what you want to do and that the rest of your life is set up to accommodate that. It takes a certain toll on your personality and on your family life. I've seen it personally.

If the President does it, it can't be illegal.

Granting such immunity undermines the constitutional protections Americans trust the Congress to protect.