Friday, April 3, 2009
Cicero murdered
Cicero murdered
Chicago Tribune - ?Apr 2, 2009? Letter writer David W. Wiersma tells us to take the advice of Roman philosopher Cicero: Balance the budget, reduce debt, control bureaucracy and eliminate ...
Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it
Studying history is necessary to avoid repeating past mistakes. This saying comes from the writings of George Santayana, a Spanish-born American author of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
So, what have we learned in two millennia? Evidently, nothing .....
“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