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April 18, 2013

Do Not Blame Caesar

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Do not blame Caesar, blame the people of Rome who have so enthusiastically acclaimed and adored him and rejoiced in their loss of freedom and danced in his path and given him triumphal processions. Blame the people who hail him when he speaks in the Forum of the new wonderful good society which shall now be Rome’s, interpreted to mean more money, more ease, more security, and more living fatly at the expense of the industrious. — Marcus Tullius Cicero

Posted by gerardvanderleun at April 18, 2013 9:33 AM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.

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Apres Julius, le deluge. The last ruling Consul of the ancient Roman Republic,
Caesar was very much the progressive 'democrat'. He died for opposing the traditionalists,
and his successor became the first Emperor of Rome.

Posted by: Anon at April 18, 2013 11:12 AM

That quote is not from Cicero:
http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Cicero#Misattributed

Posted by: JackOfClubs at April 18, 2013 1:24 PM

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