Usages of res publica
Tribunus legatum audit et dicit rem publicam magno in periculo esse.
The tribune hears the envoy and says that the state is in great danger.
Multi cives arbitrantur bonam rem publicam sine iustitia servari non posse.
Many citizens think that a good state cannot be preserved without justice.
Discipula rogat utrum cives melius cognoscant quid res publica postulet, cum ipsi in foro adsint.
The female student asks whether citizens understand better what the state requires, since they themselves are present in the forum.
Humiles quoque cives bonam de re publica opinionem habere possunt, si eos alii audiunt.
Humble citizens too can have a good opinion about the state, if others listen to them.
Quamvis res publica magna sit, singuli tamen cives bonum commune iuvare possunt.
Although the state is great, individual citizens can nevertheless help the common good.
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