A desolation

Posted by – November 12, 2008

“A rich enemy excites their cupidity; a poor one, their lust for power. East and West alike have failed to satisfy them…. To robbery, butchery, and rapine, they give the lying name of “government”; they create a desolation and call it peace.” — Calgacus, in speech to the assembled Britons, from Tacitus, The Agricola

Closed