In more than 2000 years
What have we learned in 2,064 years?
"The budget should be balanced, the treasury should be refilled, public debt should be reduced, the arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and controlled, and the assistance to foreign lands should be curtailed lest Rome become bankrupt.Evidently nothing
People must again learn to work, instead of living on public assistance." - Cicero, 55 BC
originally sent to me via email written by an unknown author
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I was later shown this link, which kind of diffused the fun out the email I posted above, but oh well.
http://message.snopes.com/showpost.php?p=570302&postcount=6
Apparently it is a false quote :-(
posted by Jeff @ 1:29 PM
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1 Comments:
Hmm. Cicero was killed by the second triumvirate, Octavian went on to bring Rome into its longest period of prosperity as an empire. If they had gone with the republican state it once was, which Cicero wanted, would they have been as prosperous or remained an oligarchy in decline? Smart guy, anyhow.
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