quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
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The Roman poet Juvenal asked: “Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?”
From Washington Post
Interesting developments in America’s elect-your-id experiment, as the shining city upon a hill runs up against that age-old political question: Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
From The Guardian
Independent policing of the news has a natural appeal, but it raises the question posed in Juvenal’s Satires: Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
As the ancient Romans used to say, Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
From New York Times
One of the Roman poet Juvenal’s best-known lines is quis custodiet ipsos custodes.
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