The supreme command has hitherto been, and will continue to be, equally prosperous in plebeian hands as in patrician.
Have ye never heard it said, that the first created patricians were not men sent down from heaven, but such as could cite their fathers, that is, nothing more than free born.

I can now cite my father, a consul; and my son will be able to cite a grandfather.

Citizens, there is nothing else in it, than that we should never obtain any thing without a refusal.

The patricians wish only for a dispute; nor do they care what issue their disputes may have.

For my part, be it advantageous, happy, and prosperous to you and to the commonwealth, I am of opinion that this law should receive your sanction." 9.