In Verrem

What was to be above all things, judges, and which alone was your fame of the senatorial class and judgment must settle very quickly, up to what is not human counsel but by the intervention of the gods and you must be dealt with in this important time of the republic. An outlook has been agreed on, and the destruction to all of us and the destruction of the republic that was the talk of every common person, not only to the Roman people, but in foreign nations they also talk: His judgment, which is happening now, no wealthy man, however injurious he is, can be able to convict him. Now, upon this time to submit our separate judgment, when we are prepared to attempt by force, and by new legislature, to increase the unpopularity of the Senate, [Caius Verres] is brought here as a condemned man according to everyone's opinion because of his life's actions, but is innocent because of his great wealth and by himself. In this case of law, judges, when the highest expectations are expected of you from the Roman people, approach this actor, not only to increase censure, but to disgrace the people