Posted by
Boris Tiraspolsky on Wednesday, April 09, 2008 1:19:52 AM
"The power of the state is on the rise, and the power of the people is on the decline."
Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 BC-43 BC)
An accomplished poet, philosopher, rhetorician, and humorist, was also the greatest forensic orator Rome ever produced.
Going the way of Rome
by Joseph Farah
"The budget should be balanced. Public spending should be reduced. The arrogance of officialdom should be tempered, and assistance to foreign lands should be curtailed, lest Rome become bankrupt." – Marcus Tullius Cicero 45 B.C
Not long after making the prophetic proclamation above, Marcus Tullius Cicero, a Roman senator, was assassinated.
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