Rājovādajātaka

Suttapiṭaka · Khuddakanikāya · Jātaka (1) · Vol. 27 · Section 635

[635] "Even so among humans: the one who is deemed the foremost — if he practices unrighteousness (adhamma), how much more the rest of the people! The whole realm lies in suffering (dukkha), if the king is unrighteous."

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.