“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.”
Marcus Tullius Cicero
Accurately spoken, Marcus.
In the context of the United States, “traitor” should be defined as anyone who is hostile to the Bill of Rights. The BoR is central to the very identity of the US. The values represented by the BoR are all that ever truly set this country apart from others.
Unfortunately, the US government was long ago captured by traitors according to the above definition. Worse than that, a majority of the population could be labeled as traitors.
Even many of those who claim to support the BoR are selective in which parts of it they support, and in which contexts. If I had a dime for every “pro-Constitution conservative” who supported a ban on flag “desecration,” I’d be a multi-millionaire. And then we have the leftists and their push to ban “hate speech,” etc.
Yep, you are very right.
Its so hard to trust even your on family now.
Thats what the love of their money will do.
Its about control.
In its simplest form.
Good versus evil..
I can’t put in any simpler colors and shape.
Hang in there people.
We’re on the winning team.
Like Henry says.
Get your mind right.
These things are so evil…
They’ll even attack you in your dreams while you’re sleeping.
Sounds to me like Cicero is a saying a traitor works “by way of deception”.
ZACLY…………