“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, 55 BC
Thanks Donnie Mac
YEAH this needs to be on all the damn news
The language doesn’t sound at all like Cicero or the political environment of the Roman Republic. Especially the assistance to foreign lands. Nothing like foreign aid existed in Roman history. I’m skeptical of the authenticity of this quote.
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The actual quote is: “The arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and controlled, and assistance to foreign hands should be curtailed, lest Rome fall.”
Yeah, I just found the same on truthorfiction.com, MCW.
A-friggin-men Cicero !