A Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero

A nation can survive its fools, even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within....for the traitor appears not to be a traitor...he rots the soul of a nation...he infects the body politic so that it can no longer resist.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

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Ambitious Appears Body Cannot Even Fools Longer Nation Resist Soul Survive Traitor Treason Within

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Marcus Tullius Cicero
Roman - Statesman
106 BC - 43 BC

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.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

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