Nonne vobis, patres conscripti, haec diebus ac noctibus agitare secum videtur: Ego quidem in me, si omnium utilitas ita posceret, etiam praefecti manum armavi; sed ne deorum quidem aut iram aut neglegentiam deprecor, quaeso immo et obtestor, ne umquam pro me vota res publica invita suscipiat, aut si susceperit ne debeat?.
Can you not imagine, Conscript Fathers, how his thoughts run, night and day: I have put arms to be used against me, if public interest demands, in the hands of my own prefect; but when it comes to the gods, I will never seek to avert either their wrath or their indifference, rather will I beg and pray that my country shall never have to offer vows on my behalf against its will, or if it has already done so, that they shall not be binding.
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