Salus

[ sey-luh s ]

/ ˈseɪ ləs /

the ancient Roman goddess of health and prosperity: identified with the Greek goddess Hygeia.

Origin of Salus

From the Latin word salūs health

[ sah-loo s paw-poo-lee soo-prey-mah leks es-toh; English sey-luh s pop-yuh-lahy-soo-pree-muh leks es-toh ]

/ ˈsɑ lʊs ˈpɔ pʊˌli suˈpreɪ mɑ lɛks ˈɛs toʊ; English ˈseɪ ləs ˈpɒp yəˌlaɪ sʊˈpri mə lɛks ˈɛs toʊ /

let the welfare of the people be the supreme law: a motto of Missouri.

You are a law unto yourselves, bound only by the natural principles of equity and justice, and salus populi suprema est lex.
History of the Impeachment of Andrew Johnson, President of The United States|Edmund G. Ross
This dangerous usurpation was defended upon the principle of salus populi suprema lex.
Martin Van Buren|Edward M. Shepard
In the exercise of government the sovereign is to be guided by one maxim, which contains all his duty: Salus populi suprema lex.
Introduction to the Literature of Europe in the Fifteenth, Sixteenth, and Seventeenth Centuries, Vol. 2|Henry Hallam
Are we to understand that the salus populi shall rule without control?
Abridgement of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856 (4 of 16 vol.)|Various

Salus populi suprema lex; and to it all international 'law' so called must bend.
Why We Are At War (2nd Edition, revised)|Members of the Oxford Faculty of Modern History