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25 Nov
Cicero on the electoral process

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  Nihil est incertius uolgo,
  nihil obscurius uoluntate hominum,
  nihil fallacius ratione tota comitiorum.

	which can be translated as:

  Nothing is more uncertain than the crowd,
  nothing more obscure than the will of the people,
  nothing more fickle than the whole electoral system.

  [From Cicero's defense speech for Murena, who was accused of electoral
   bribery in 63 B. C.]

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