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> [“Reflecting on the recurrent civil wars of the Late Republic, Sallust said, “It is this spirit which has commonly ruined great nations, when one party desires to triumph over another by any and every means and to avenge itself on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-duncan/reflecting-on-the-recurrent-civil-wars-of-the-late-republic-sallust/)

[Mike Duncan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-duncan/)

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## More by Mike Duncan

> [“But this was an age when a lie was not a lie if a man had the audacity to keep asserting the lie was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-duncan/but-this-was-an-age-when-a-lie-was-not-a-lie-if-a-man-had-the/)

[Mike Duncan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-duncan/)

> [“Thieves of private property pass their lives in chains; thieves of public property in riches and luxury. CATO THE ELDER1”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-duncan/thieves-of-private-property-pass-their-lives-in-chains-thieves-of-2/)

[Mike Duncan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-duncan/)

> [“Reflecting on the recurrent civil wars of the Late Republic, Sallust said, “It is this spirit which has commonly ruined great nations, when one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-duncan/reflecting-on-the-recurrent-civil-wars-of-the-late-republic-sallust/)

[Mike Duncan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-duncan/)

> [The winds of change are blowing at the RNC.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-duncan/the-winds-of-change-are-blowing-at-the-rnc/)

[Mike Duncan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-duncan/)

> [Sometimes I think that no situation actually fits the technical definition of irony, and that the word just sort of hangs out in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-duncan/sometimes-i-think-that-no-situation-actually-fits-the-technical/)

[Mike Duncan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-duncan/)

> [“The plight of the dispossessed citizens might not have been so dire had they been allowed to transition into the labor force of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-duncan/the-plight-of-the-dispossessed-citizens-might-not-have-been-so-dire/)

[Mike Duncan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-duncan/)

> [“But as he stood watching Carthage burn, Scipio reflected on the fate of this once great power. Overcome with emotion, he cried. His friend…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-duncan/but-as-he-stood-watching-carthage-burn-scipio-reflected-on-the-fate/)

[Mike Duncan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-duncan/)

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