Justinian I quotes
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“There are two great gifts which God, in his love for man, has granted from on high: the priesthood and the imperial dignity,”
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“The safety of the state is the highest law.”
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“Justice is the firm and continuous desire to render to everyone that which is his due.”
-- Justinian I -
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“Justice is the constant and eternal purpose that renders to each his due.”
-- Justinian I -
“If anything is due to a corporation, it is not due to the individual members thereof, nor do the members individually owe what the corporation owes.”
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“If anyone assert the fabulous pre-existence of souls and shall submit to the monstrous doctrine that follows from it, let him be anathema [excommunicated]”
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Source : A. B. Simpson (1987). “Missionary Messages: For a Church that Needs to Hear”, p.23, Moody Publishers
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Source : "Naţionalitatea în artă" ("Nationality in Art") by A. C. Cuza, Bucureşti: Cartea Romaneasca, 1905.
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