Is this a preview of Stone’s movie, “W”?

[Pacifist Patriot]

“…in them is arrogance which no submission or good behavior can escape. Pillagers of the world, they have exhausted the land by their indiscriminate plunder, and now they ransack the sea. A rich enemy excites their cupidity; a poor one, their lust for power. East and West alike have failed to satisfy them. They are the only people on the earth to whose covetousness both riches and poverty are equally tempting. To robbery, butchery, and rapine, they give the lying name of ‘government’; they create a desolation and call it peace.”

Now how many people do you know who have friends who quote Tacitus in their emails? A friend sent this to me this morning with just the headline "Some Romans knew what they were talking about." and the question headlining this post.

Can I just say how much I love the liberal intellectual elite? Thank you for not fearing real education. Cheers!

[snappyturtle]

1. How prophetic! nt

[OwnedByFerrets]

2. I had to K and R this just for the richness of the quote.