When Julius Caesar Was For The Good Of The Country

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This paper is about Julius Caesar and if the laws he broke was for the good of the country or if it was for him. Was Julius really doing it for the good of the country because it seems like he did it for his own selfish deeds to make him happy. The things he did wasn’t for the good of the country it was for him so he could own more land and rule more places and he did whatever he needed to just to rule other places. What is in for the audience is they will learn if the laws Julius broke was for the good of the country or was it just for him. The first thesis statement is in an ideal society political leaders act in the best interest of their countries, the second one is in certain situations it may be justified for a political leader to bend

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