'Unpractised as I am in public speaking, for it is only on the field that I have asserted the superiority of Rome, yet since words have so much weight with you, and since you distinguish good and bad not by the light of facts but by what agitators tell you, I have decided to make a few remarks, which, as the war is practically over, are likely to be more profitable to the audience than to ourselves.
"Inoiz ez dut etorririk landu izan eta erromatar herriaren kemena armekin baieztatu dut. Baina zuen begietan hitzek egundoko balioa dutenez eta on-txarrak ez direnez berezko izaeragatik, baizik sediziozaleen esanetatik epaitzen, zer batzuk azaltzea pentsatu dut, gerra amaitutakoan, guri esatea baino zueri entzutea ongarriago izango zaizkizuenak.