Our Republic is Following Precisely that of the Roman Republic History, Is It Too Late?

Posted by Stingray USN Veteran on September 1, 2014 at 5:00pm
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In ancient Roman history, Cicero was the voice of liberty, the 'glue', if you will, that held the 500 year old Republic together for the final decades of the first 500 years of the thousand year old history of Rome. We, the Republic of America, are enduring precisely the same effects of the lack of character of our people that ancient Rome endured, until it was too late to rectify.
An article just came to my attention posted by Maj. General Paul Vallely that succinctly points out every relevant fact that has befallen America, in a precise duplication of what caused the downfall of Rome. Read it for yourself, absorb it, and understand that as Patriots we MUST reverse the direction and downfall we will surely endure ourselves if we fail in our efforts. It's an extremely interesting read!



Partial Transcript-

I begin with this remark of the celebrated Roman historian Livy, written 2,000 years ago:
There is an exceptionally beneficial and fruitful advantage to be derived from the study of the past. There you see, set in the clear light of historical truth, examples of every possible type. From these you can select for yourself and your country what to imitate, and also what, as being mischievous in its inception and disastrous in its consequences, you should avoid...
...Let me share with you what I call, “The Three Most Stubborn Lessons of History,” and then I’ll go back and briefly relate each to the Roman Republic:

Number One: No people who lost their character kept their liberties.

Number Two: Power that is shackled and dispersed is preferable to power that is unrestrained and centralized.

Number Three: The here-and-now is rarely as important as tomorrow.
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TREASON

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 he carries his banners openly. But the traitor moves among those within the gate freely, his sly whispers rustling through all the galleys, heard in the very hall of government itself. For the traitor appears not a traitor—he speaks in the accents familiar to his victims, and wears their face and their garment, and 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 a city—he infects the body politic so that it can no longer resist. A murderer is less to be feared.......Cicero, 42 B.C.


Entitled 'How To Lose a Constitution' by LAWRENCE W. REED




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