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  1. A quotation from Cicero

    The people were certain that their freedom was at risk. Their leaders did not agree.
     
    [Populus libertatem agi putabat suam. Dissentiebant principes.]

    Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BC) Roman orator, statesman, philosopher
    Pro Sestio [For Publius Sestius], ch. 48 / sec. 103 (56-02 BC) [tr. @sentantiq (2020)]

    More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/cicero-marcus-tulliu…

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  2. A quotation from Cicero

    The people were certain that their freedom was at risk. Their leaders did not agree.
     
    [Populus libertatem agi putabat suam. Dissentiebant principes.]

    Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BC) Roman orator, statesman, philosopher
    Pro Sestio [For Publius Sestius], ch. 48 / sec. 103 (56-02 BC) [tr. @sentantiq (2020)]

    More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/cicero-marcus-tulliu…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #cicero #prosestio #commonpeople #elite #freedom #leadership #liberty #masses #mob #populace

  3. A quotation from Cicero

    The people were certain that their freedom was at risk. Their leaders did not agree.
     
    [Populus libertatem agi putabat suam. Dissentiebant principes.]

    Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BC) Roman orator, statesman, philosopher
    Pro Sestio [For Publius Sestius], ch. 48 / sec. 103 (56-02 BC) [tr. @sentantiq (2020)]

    More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/cicero-marcus-tulliu…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #cicero #prosestio #commonpeople #elite #freedom #leadership #liberty #masses #mob #populace

  4. A quotation from Cicero

    The people were certain that their freedom was at risk. Their leaders did not agree.
     
    [Populus libertatem agi putabat suam. Dissentiebant principes.]

    Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BC) Roman orator, statesman, philosopher
    Pro Sestio [For Publius Sestius], ch. 48 / sec. 103 (56-02 BC) [tr. @sentantiq (2020)]

    More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/cicero-marcus-tulliu…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #cicero #prosestio #commonpeople #elite #freedom #leadership #liberty #masses #mob #populace

  5. A quotation from George Carlin

       So maybe it’s not the politicians who suck; maybe it’s something else. Like the public. That would be a nice realistic campaign slogan for somebody: “The public sucks. Elect me.” Put the blame where it belongs: on the people.
       Because if everything is really the fault of politicians, where are all the bright, honest, intelligent Americans who are ready to step in and replace them? Where are these people hiding? The truth is, we don’t have people like that. Everyone’s at the mall, scratching his balls and buying sneakers with lights in them. And complaining about the politicians.

    George Carlin (1937-2008) American comedian
    Book (2001), Napalm & Silly Putty, “Don’t Blame the Leaders”

    More info about this quote: wist.info/carlin-george/79906/

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  6. A quotation from Alcuin

    The voice of the people is the voice of God.
     
    [Vox populi, vox Dei.]

    Alcuin of York (c. 735-804) Anglo-Latin scholar, clergyman, poet, teacher [Flaccus Albinus Alcuinus, Ealhwine, Alhwin, or Alchoin]
    Letter (AD 798) to Charlemagne

    Sourcing, notes: wist.info/alcuin/78553/

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  7. A quotation from Alcuin

    The voice of the people is the voice of God.
     
    [Vox populi, vox Dei.]

    Alcuin of York (c. 735-804) Anglo-Latin scholar, clergyman, poet, teacher [Flaccus Albinus Alcuinus, Ealhwine, Alhwin, or Alchoin]
    Letter (AD 798) to Charlemagne

    Sourcing, notes: wist.info/alcuin/78553/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #alcuin #voxpopuli #divineguidance #divinepurpose #divinewill #God #people #populace #populargovernment #popularopinion #public #publicopinion #democracy

  8. A quotation from Alcuin

    The voice of the people is the voice of God.
     
    [Vox populi, vox Dei.]

    Alcuin of York (c. 735-804) Anglo-Latin scholar, clergyman, poet, teacher [Flaccus Albinus Alcuinus, Ealhwine, Alhwin, or Alchoin]
    Letter (AD 798) to Charlemagne

    Sourcing, notes: wist.info/alcuin/78553/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #alcuin #voxpopuli #divineguidance #divinepurpose #divinewill #God #people #populace #populargovernment #popularopinion #public #publicopinion #democracy

  9. A quotation from Alcuin

    The voice of the people is the voice of God.
     
    [Vox populi, vox Dei.]

    Alcuin of York (c. 735-804) Anglo-Latin scholar, clergyman, poet, teacher [Flaccus Albinus Alcuinus, Ealhwine, Alhwin, or Alchoin]
    Letter (AD 798) to Charlemagne

    Sourcing, notes: wist.info/alcuin/78553/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #alcuin #voxpopuli #divineguidance #divinepurpose #divinewill #God #people #populace #populargovernment #popularopinion #public #publicopinion #democracy

  10. A quotation from Alcuin

    The voice of the people is the voice of God.
     
    [Vox populi, vox Dei.]

    Alcuin of York (c. 735-804) Anglo-Latin scholar, clergyman, poet, teacher [Flaccus Albinus Alcuinus, Ealhwine, Alhwin, or Alchoin]
    Letter (AD 798) to Charlemagne

    Sourcing, notes: wist.info/alcuin/78553/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #alcuin #voxpopuli #divineguidance #divinepurpose #divinewill #God #people #populace #populargovernment #popularopinion #public #publicopinion #democracy

  11. A quotation from Cicero

    He won over the ignorant masses with shows, building projects, largesses, and banquets. His followers he bound to him by rewards, his opponents by an apparent clemency. In short, he succeeded in bringing a free country, partly because of its fear, partly because of its passivity, to an acceptance of servitude.
     
    [Muneribus, monumentis, congiariis, epulis multitudinem imperitam delenierat; suos praemiis, adversarios clementiae specie devinxerat. Quid multa? Attulerat iam liberae civitati partim metu partim patientia consuetudinem serviendi.]

    Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BC) Roman orator, statesman, philosopher
    Philippics [Philippicae; Antonian Orations], No. 2, ch. 45 / sec. 116 (2.45/2.116) (44-10-24 BC) [tr. Berry (2006)]

    Sourcing, notes, other translations: wist.info/cicero-marcus-tulliu…

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  12. A quotation from John Adams

    But this is an unalterable Truth, that the People can never be enslaved but by their own Tameness, Pusillanimity, Sloth or Corruption. They may be deceived, and their Symplicity, Ignorance, and Docility render them frequently liable to deception. And of this, the aspiring, designing, ambitious few are very sensible. He is the Statesman qualifyed by Nature to scatter Ruin and Destruction in his Path who by deceiving a Nation can render Despotism desirable in their Eyes and make himself popular in Undoing.

    John Adams (1735-1826) American lawyer, Founding Father, statesman, US President (1797-1801)
    Diary (1772, Spring), “Notes for a Oration at Braintree”

    Sourcing, notes: wist.info/adams-john/77256/

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  13. A quotation from John Adams

    But this is an unalterable Truth, that the People can never be enslaved but by their own Tameness, Pusillanimity, Sloth or Corruption. They may be deceived, and their Symplicity, Ignorance, and Docility render them frequently liable to deception. And of this, the aspiring, designing, ambitious few are very sensible. He is the Statesman qualifyed by Nature to scatter Ruin and Destruction in his Path who by deceiving a Nation can render Despotism desirable in their Eyes and make himself popular in Undoing.

    John Adams (1735-1826) American lawyer, Founding Father, statesman, US President (1797-1801)
    Diary (1772, Spring), “Notes for a Oration at Braintree”

    Sourcing, notes: wist.info/adams-john/77256/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #johnadams #ambition #citizenry #deception #demagogue #despot #dictator #leader #marks #people #populace #vulnerability #wethepeople

  14. A quotation from John Adams

    But this is an unalterable Truth, that the People can never be enslaved but by their own Tameness, Pusillanimity, Sloth or Corruption. They may be deceived, and their Symplicity, Ignorance, and Docility render them frequently liable to deception. And of this, the aspiring, designing, ambitious few are very sensible. He is the Statesman qualifyed by Nature to scatter Ruin and Destruction in his Path who by deceiving a Nation can render Despotism desirable in their Eyes and make himself popular in Undoing.

    John Adams (1735-1826) American lawyer, Founding Father, statesman, US President (1797-1801)
    Diary (1772, Spring), “Notes for a Oration at Braintree”

    Sourcing, notes: wist.info/adams-john/77256/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #johnadams #ambition #citizenry #deception #demagogue #despot #dictator #leader #marks #people #populace #vulnerability #wethepeople