Monday, December 13, 2010

SO WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED IN 2065 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. People must again learn to work, instead of living on public assistance."

- Cicero - 55BC


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1 comment:

  1. While I agree with the words, it does not appear that Cicero made this statement. Instead, they come from a novel based on Cicero's life. The novel was published in 1965.

    Several websites agree these are not Cicero's words. See http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Cicero among others.

    It's a good statement, nonetheless, but apparently not from Cicero.

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