On fraudulent authority (cont.)

The quotation was cited in a Congressional speech in 1968 and appeared in various publications thereafter, in all cases attributed to Cicero. But those who worked for the Congressional Research Service in compiling the book faced the same difficulty I did in trying to find the quotation's source. Their conclusion?

"No evidence has been found to confirm that Cicero said these words, and it is almost certainly spurious."

 

 

 

 

 

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