salus populi suprema lex esto

American  

[sah-loos paw-poo-lee soo-prey-mah leks es-toh, sey-luhs-pop-yuh-lahy-soo-pree-muhleks-es-toh] / ˈsɑ lʊs ˈpɔ pʊˌli suˈpreɪ mɑ lɛks ˈɛs toʊ, ˈseɪ ləsˈpɒp yəˌlaɪ sʊˈpri məlɛksˈɛs toʊ /

Latin.

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

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Example Sentences

Supporters on each side, a grizzly bear of Missouri, proper; rampant guardant, standing on a scroll inscribed "Salus Populi Suprema lex esto."

From Project Gutenberg

It is a receiv'd Maxim, Salus Populi Suprema Lex esto: This I take to be meant of the whole Body, not of some Parts of the People.

From Project Gutenberg

The sublime axiom, salus populi suprema lex esto again becomes blood and life, and becomes so by the free, deliberate will and decision of the foremost standard-bearer of light and civilization, the first born in the spirit of Christian ethics and of the rights of man.—

From Project Gutenberg

In those times of incomplete civilisation, the rigidity of the ancient laws not having foreseen all cases, his function was to provide for the safety of the people; he was the product of this text: salus populi suprema lex esto.

From Project Gutenberg

Missouri--Salus populi suprema lex esto: Let the welfare of the people be the supreme law.

From Project Gutenberg