…and that we all didn’t have to figure things out anew in every era…
“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
For more on Cicero, Roman philosopher, stateman and lawyer, look HERE. Now, it’s a given, that I’m not 100% behind this quote, but wowza, them’s some pretty insightful words there.