FLASHBACK; Cicero: "Balance the Budget and Reduce the Debt"

Topher Morrison

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A Lion of Liberty once said...

Marcus Tullius Cicero, commonly known
as "Cicero" (106 BC - 43 BC).
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"The national budget must be balanced. The public debt must be reduced; the arrogance of the authorities must be moderated and controlled. Payments to foreign governments must be reduced. If the nation doesn't want to go bankrupt, people must again learn to work, instead of living on public assistance."

– Marcus Tullius Cicero, 55 BC

Lion Of Liberty Says...

"Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn't mean politics won't take an interest in you."


 – Pericles (430 BC)

Pericles (Greek: Περικλῆς, Periklēs, "surrounded by glory"; c. 495 – 429 BC) was a prominent and influential statesman, orator, and general of Athens during the city's Golden Age —specifically, the time between the Persian and Peloponnesian wars.

Thucydides, his contemporary historian, acclaimed him as "the first citizen of Athens". 

Lion Of Liberty Says...

"It is much more important to kill bad bills than to pass good ones." – Calvin Coolidge