"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. The traitor is the plague.”- Cicero 58 B.C."
Gordon Campbell talks about asset sales and other things.
7 comments:
Ackshully, not always "in accents familiar to his victims".
Ha!
The devil, Suz, it's in the details he always is.
Eff yow sey sowl Rub!
Goff. Cunliffe. Carter.
Anonymous - yes.
All three know who it is Campbell is alluding to.
"A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within.
What a great quote it could be used in many a argument by just changing the word nation.
Indeed, Charlie.
Indeed.
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