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  • A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within.

    Marcus Tullius Cicero
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    Speaking to the Roman Senate, as recorded by Sallust in The Catiline War (c. 40 b.c.). This quotation is a favorite of CIA counterintelligence officers.
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A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within. - Marcus Tullius Cicero
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