Assertion: cicero | /r/CapableOf | compromise ideal
Facets:
value: in order to preserve the republic
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: He was more ready than some men to compromise ideals in order to preserve the republic, but, though he came to admit in the De republica that republican government required the presence of a powerful individual—an idealized Pompey perhaps—to ensure its stability, he showed little appreciation of the intrinsic weaknesses of Roman republican administration.