The Fall Of Rome; Can We Learn From History?

I wanted to post this in two areas because of how important it is to the understanding of what is going on in our society today. We do need to learn from history. We as a people, can only remain free, if we understant what free really is.
Watch this video to really understand why Rome Fell and why we need to learn from the mistakes of Rome in order to save our freedom and liberty that is currently under attack.





When falls the Coliseum, Rome shall fall; And when Rome falls--the World. - Lord Byron (George Gordon Noel Byron),

You cheer my heart, who build as if Rome would be eternal. - Augustus Caesar (Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus)

What Roman power slowly built, an unarmed traitor instantly overthrew. [Lat., Quod tantis Romana manus contexuit annis Proditur unus iners angusto tempore vertit.] - Claudian (Claudianus), In Rufinum (II, 52)

Cease to admire the smoke, wealth, and noise of prosperous Rome. [Lat., Omitte mirari beatae Fumum et opes strepitumque Romae.] - Horace (Quintus Horatius Flaccus), Carmina (III, 29, 11)

All roads lead to Rome, but our antagonists think we should choose different paths. [Fr., Tous chemins vont a Rome; ainsi nos concurrents Crurent pouvoir choisir des sentiers differents.] - Jean de la Fontaine, Le Juge Arbitre--Fable XII (28, 4)

The arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and controlled, and assistance to foreign hands should be curtailed, lest Rome fall. Marcus Tullius Cicero

When the state is most corrupt, then the laws are most multiplied.... All things atrocious and shameless flock from all parts to Rome. Tacitus

Rome has grown since its humble beginnings that it is now overwhelmed by its own greatness. Titus Livius

And what did one of America's Founding Fathers Say?
"We must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt.We must make our election between economy and liberty or profusion and servitude. If we run into such debt, as that we must be taxed in our meat and in our drink, in our necessaries and our comforts, in our labors and our amusements, for our calling and our creeds...[we will] have no time to think, no means of calling our miss-managers to account but be glad to obtain subsistence by hiring ourselves to rivet their chains on the necks of our fellow-sufferers...And this is the tendency of all human governments. A departure from principle in one instance becomes a precedent for [another ]...till the bulk of society is reduced to be mere automatons of misery...And the fore-horse of this frightful team is public debt.Taxation follows that, and in its train wretchedness and oppression."
Thomas Jefferson


This will be posted as a permanent part of the blog. God Bless and Freedom for All!