Sir Oliver Klosov
Regardless of the back story this passage is worth enshrining in history.
In a quote allegedly from the ancient Roman statesman Marcus Tullius Cicero about “treason from within” made in 42 B.C. as a brilliant observation of the danger of maintaining a culture was put forth, albiet actually from a 1965 historical move "A pillar of Iron" by Taylor caldwell...(yes we are very serious about vetting references here at AD for accuracy)
But with some of the things Cicero actually said, its not out of character for this statesman and master orator of the Roman Senate could have written it; some of the things he said are right in the pocket...
Marcus Tullius Cicero:
"Six mistakes mankind keeps making century after century:
Believing that personal gain is made by crushing others;
"Six mistakes mankind keeps making century after century:
Believing that personal gain is made by crushing others;
Worrying about things that cannot be changed or corrected;
Insisting that a thing is impossible because we cannot accomplish it;
Refusing to set aside trivial preferences;
Neglecting development and refinement of the mind;
Attempting to compel others to believe and live as we do.
"To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child. For what is the worth of human life, unless it is woven into the life of our ancestors by the records of history?"
"In times of war, the law falls silent.
"To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child. For what is the worth of human life, unless it is woven into the life of our ancestors by the records of history?"
"In times of war, the law falls silent.
(Silent enim leges inter arma)"
"What is morally wrong can never be advantageous, even when it enables you to make some gain that you believe to be to your advantage. The mere act of believing that some wrongful course of action constitutes an advantage is pernicious."
"Politicians are not born; they are excreted."
"The enemy is within the gates; it is with our own luxury, our own folly, our own criminality that we have to contend."
...its not so far fetched to think he wrote something along this line of thought...
"A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within. An enemy at the gates is less formidable, for he is known and carries his banner openly. But the traitor moves amongst those within the gate freely, his sly whispers rustling through all the alleys, heard in the very halls of government itself. For the traitor appears not a traitor; he speaks in accents familiar to his victims, and he wears their face and their arguments, he appeals to the baseness that lies deep in the hearts of all men. He rots the soul of a nation, he works secretly and unknown in the night to undermine the pillars of the city, he infects the body politic so that it can no longer resist. A murderer is less to fear. The traitor is the plague."
"What is morally wrong can never be advantageous, even when it enables you to make some gain that you believe to be to your advantage. The mere act of believing that some wrongful course of action constitutes an advantage is pernicious."
"Politicians are not born; they are excreted."
"The enemy is within the gates; it is with our own luxury, our own folly, our own criminality that we have to contend."
...its not so far fetched to think he wrote something along this line of thought...
"A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within. An enemy at the gates is less formidable, for he is known and carries his banner openly. But the traitor moves amongst those within the gate freely, his sly whispers rustling through all the alleys, heard in the very halls of government itself. For the traitor appears not a traitor; he speaks in accents familiar to his victims, and he wears their face and their arguments, he appeals to the baseness that lies deep in the hearts of all men. He rots the soul of a nation, he works secretly and unknown in the night to undermine the pillars of the city, he infects the body politic so that it can no longer resist. A murderer is less to fear. The traitor is the plague."
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