“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.”
“A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within.”
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Thanks so much for the share!
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I just knew this was going to be a quote from some Roman chap. Nothing new in politics, eh?
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Well depending on your belief system it seems in all cultures and times there appears a seed of destruction, pride, greed within man that always comes forth. And as a consequence to ongoing battle…. some would hold…. since the casting out from the garden of Eden!
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Oh I never thought about going that far back, but you have a point!
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🙂 Ahhh yes the relativity of time!
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Treason. Yes
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By any definition and most especially by the ones found in our foundational / constitutional docs.
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