Boys Quote by Samuel Johnson

“I know not why any one but a schoolboy in his declamation should whine over the Commonwealth of Rome, which grew great only by…

— Samuel Johnson

Rome was in the most dangerous inclination to change on account of the unequal distribution of wealth and property, those of highest rank and…

— Plutarch

“Rome was not the first state of organized gangsterdom, nor was it the last; but it was the only one that managed to bamboozle…

— Petr Beckmann

Do not blame Caesar, blame the people of Rome who have so enthusiastically acclaimed and adored him and rejoiced in their loss of freedom…

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

Do not blame Caesar, blame the people of Rome who have so enthusiastically acclaimed and adored him and rejoiced in their loss of freedom…

— Quintus Tullius Cicero

Whatever evils either reason or declamation have imputed to extensive empire, the power of Rome was attended with some beneficial consequences to mankind; and…

— Edward Gibbon

Citizens of Rome might boast that the claim of 'Civus romanus sum' set them apart from barbarians and slaves, and it was true up…

— Michael Korda

Are we like late Rome, infatuated with past glories, ruled by a complacent, greedy elite, and hopelessly powerless to respond to changing conditions?

— Camille Paglia

The Roman Empire was very, very much like us. They lost their moral core, their sense of values in terms of who they were.…

— Benjamin Carson

“Achievement was worth of praise and honor, but excessive achievement was pernicious and a threat to the state. However great a citizen might become,…

— Tom Holland

“The failure of the roman system to furnish decent minimal standards for the mass of people was a fundamental cause of instability, both political…

— H.J. Haskell

“It was an article of faith to the Romans that they were the most morally upright people in the world. How else was the…

— Tom Holland