"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." | by: | |
Date: | 63 BC |
Source: | Commonly attributed to Cicero, but actually from Taylor Caldwell's 'A Pillar of Iron,' an historical novel, written in 1965. Based on an actual quote:
http://libertytree.ca/quotes/marcus.tullius.cicero.quote.d61e |
| |
