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Originally Posted by Bruce Day
Rich, you are a braver man than me, but then you have 2 or 3 times the handful of Parkers I own.
"The budget should be balanced, the Treasury should be refilled, public debt should be reduced, the arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and controlled, 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
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The above has been embellished, what Cicero actually said was:
"The arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and controlled, and assistance to foreign hands should be curtailed, lest Rome fall."
http://www.truthorfiction.com/rumors/c/cicero-plan.htm