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''Salus populi suprema lex esto'' (Latin "The health of the people should be the supreme law," "Let the good (or safety) of the people be the supreme (or highest) law"〔Cicero, (''De Legibus'' ), Loeb Classics, p. 467.〕 or "The welfare of the people shall be the supreme law") is found in Cicero's ''De Legibus'' (book III, part III, sub. VIII), as ''Ollis salus populi suprema lex esto''.〔 (Free full text from the Latin Library ). Retrieved on 2007-06-08.〕 The phrase is the state motto of Missouri, accepted, like many other states, as an element of its state seal. It is also the motto (as Salus populi suprema lex, or Salus populi suprema est). and appears on the coat of arms, of the City of Salford, the London Borough of Lewisham, Eastleigh, Harrow, Lytham St. Anne's, Tipton, Mid Sussex, West Lancashire, Swinton and Pendlebury, Urmston and Willenhall;〔(Mottoes in Latin )〕 Manassas Park, Virginia, the Duquesne University School of Law, and is used as the motto of the Vlaams Belang political group in the Belgian Chamber of Representatives. John Locke uses it as the epigraph in his ''Second Treatise on Government'' and refers to it as a fundamental rule for government. It was the inscription on the coronet of Roundhead and Leveller William Rainsborough during the English Civil War. This motto was also endorsed by Hobbes at the beginning of Chapter 30 of ''Leviathan'' and by Spinoza in Chapter 19 of his ''Theological-Political Treatise.'' It is the motto of the South Australia Police, which was established in 1838. The Commissioned Officers Association of the U.S. Public Health Service has adopted the phrase as its motto. ==See also== * Salus 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「salus populi suprema lex esto」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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