Marcus Tullius Cicero was a Roman philosopher, statesman, lawyer, and Roman constitutionalist.
His words more than 2,000 years ago, ring true…
A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within. An enemy at the gates is less formidable, for he is known and carries his banner openly. But the traitor moves amongst those within the gate freely, his sly whispers rustling through all the alleys, heard in the very halls of government itself. For the traitor appears not a traitor; he speaks in accents familiar to his victims, and he wears their face and their arguments, he appeals to the baseness that lies deep in the hearts of all men. He rots the soul of a nation, he works secretly and unknown in the night to undermine the pillars of the city, he infects the body politic so that it can no longer resist. A murderer is less to fear. The traitor is the plague.
Another apocryphal quotation? Please provide a citation, I can’t find its source.
Cicero,
Marcus Tullius Cicero, from a speech given to the Roman Senate, recorded in approximately 42 B.C. by Sallust.
Cicero was a sissy…
Cicero would cut your face from its haughty position. Men back then knew and practiced hand to hand combat. They fought in countless wars and as a result are not of the couch potato kind like you are.
Sounds like history is repeating itself… That’s new to us as we have the greatest president that ever lived. In so saying this blunt lie I can only surmise that our president has a crooked tongue and will only speak lies thus bringing down our nation. It is a common fact that our president falls under this article and has yet to do his most damage to us but he is trying and that is for sure. Even Rome fell and it wasn’t because of their beliefs it was because the rich only fought for the rich and put those that were not rich into slavery. The everyday man in Rome was considered “less” than the rich and this belief is purely evident in our society today. Not only do the rich not care about the poor but they WANT to remain rich so the laws put forth will keep the poor hungry and the rich fat. If we looked back into history and we see what kind of government NOT to have would we chose otherwise? I don’t think so as our government has done nothing to help the true American that builds and keeps this nation alive. When… Read more »
Who is to say that our president wont suspend elections over some false flag event thereby ensuring his continued reign.
I just said this to a co worker today..I would not be surprised.
That has been my fear since Nov 8, 2008. I have no trust of the present resident at 1600 PA Ave. NW, Washington, Disease to uphold a Constitution he has shredded since.
A president cannot relinquish power of office during a war. This flaw in our election process needs to be addressed. All Obama has to do is declare war to ensure his spot as the president. Will this happen? The way things are going I wouldn’t doubt that this will be his “insurance” in staying in office.
According to the Constitution, regardless of world circumstances (war, famine, whatever) presidential elections will be held every 4 years. Unless there has been an Amendment I am not aware of, this is simply not true. We have many examples of wartime elections, so, aside from the 22nd Amendment passed after people realized FDR or anyone like him having more than 2 terms was not a good idea (I love how people thought FDR was so wonderful, but passed this Amendment just a few years after his death, 1951. He was a communist, and that explains why he always gave into Stalin, even though Churchill continuously warned him of the (soon to be realized) treachery and dangers of appeasing this and all brutal dictators. As usual, appeasers get that for which they support, generally to the horror of the common man, ask Neville Chamberlain – “Peace in our times” – how did that work out for England and the rest of Europe), I know of no Constitutional mechanism by which any president could forgo elections because he claimed, for example, it would be bad for the country if we had an election. That doesn’t make sense. Just reelect him, or if… Read more »
For the weak kneed apologist out there who troll around different sites as the leftist sack of junk you are, here is the source. Quote by: Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 B.C.) Roman Statesman, Philosopher and Orator Source: Attributed. 58 BC, Speech in the Roman Senate So when confronted with the real exposure of traitors who sit in the hall of congress, white house, various repressive alphabet agencies, and the queer news media you trolls of hell go into full protect mode to satisfy your idea protecting all that is bad while denouncing that which is good. Cicero was a brilliant statesman who spoke the truth as have many down the ages. Today you products of pubic communist schools wouldn’t know truth if it latched on your metrosexual filthy butts. Say with your traitors, for like Hitler in the end they will make you into soylent green when you have outlived your usefulness. History tells of the night of the long knives, so for you uneducated trolls the following is just a short recount of what happened. Thus ended a fifteen-year association between Hitler and one of the original members of the Nazi Party. Röhm and the other rudely awaken SA… Read more »
Dude, I just asked for a citation because it’s not in my Cicero and I thought I had the complete works. It would be cool to read the Latin because this sounds not-so-Cicero-like, would you mind citing where it appears in his works? Is it from before his exile? Is it in one of his letters, and which context? All questions worth asking before assigning any wisdom to the words I think.
Critical thinking much?
I don’t disagree with what he said…….he had probably come to one too many COMMIES who don’t know they are COMMIES and vented on you……..critical thinking applied…. No. I don’t necsessarily think you are a Communist….lol. Note to all……no question is a bad question if the one asks it truly does not know……..and to answer ones question minus tirades against people attempting to critically think might be a good idea ! Lol, have a nice day fellas !
Interesting timing and topic.
Eight Dems have proposed a bill, HR 3741, which will remove the death penalty for people convicted of treason and espionage.
I wonder what is the motive behind their actions?