salus populi suprema lex esto

[sah-loos paw-poo-lee soo-prey-mah leks es-toh, sey-luhs-pop-yuh-lahy-soo-pree-muhleks-es-toh]

Latin.

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

Example Sentences

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

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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.

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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.—

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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.

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

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