Ego numquam legatos mittendos censui; ego ante reditum legatorum ausus sum dicere, pacem ipsam si adferrent, quoniam sub nomine pacis bellum lateret, repudiandam; ego princeps <sumendorum> sagorum; ego semper illum appellavi hostem, cum alii adversarium, semper hoc bellum, cum alii tumultum.
I was never in favor of sending envoys. Before the envoys returned, I was bold enough to say that even if they brought peace itself, it should be rejected, inasmuch as under the name of peace war would lurk. I took the lead in the putting on of military cloaks. I consistently called Antonius a public enemy, while others called him an adversary; I consistently called this a war, while others called it a public emergency.
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