It is relevant that this quote from Cicero was part of a speech by which he persuaded the Senate to suspend the Constitution and allow him to execute without trial anyone he suspected of being an Enemy of the State.
This created a very bad precedent for the Roman government and I really don’t think it’s one we want to follow.
Not that the Roman Republic wasn’t already on its last legs by this point.
Our Constitution is pretty much suspended, by acts of treason.