From Cicero to Senate: treason from within

It is of special interest to read the words of Marcus Tullius Cicero regarding the danger of internal subversion. In a speech to the Roman Senate, as recorded by Sallust, Cicero said:

“A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within. An enemy at the gates is less formidable, for he is known and carries his banner openly. But the traitor moves amongst those within the gate freely, his sly whispers rustling through all the alleys, heard in the very halls of government itself. For the traitor appears not a traitor; he speaks in accents familiar to his victims, and he wears their face and their arguments, he appeals to the baseness that lies deep in the hearts of all men. He rots the soul of a nation, he works secretly and unknown in the night to undermine the pillars of the city, he infects the body politic so that it can no longer resist. A murderer is less to fear.” ~ Marcus Tullius Cicero (106BC – 43BC)

What do you think’s going on right now, America? Our liberties, our freedom, our exceptional identity is rapidly eroding. From our health and well-being turned over to the State, to the current undermining of our sovereignty and citizenship. And it's all happening by the hand(s) of treachery within. It looks as though our Senate has caught up with ancient Rome’s...and I'm not referring to the early years.