Quintus Ennius Quotes
One man by delay restored the state, for he preferred the public safety to idle report.
[Lat., Unus homo nobis cunctando restituit rem,
Non ponebat enim rumores ante salutem.]
Ennius, Quintus. The Annals of Q. Ennius. Edited by Otto Skutsch, Clarendon Press, 1985, p. 86.
The bipartisan Presidential Commission had unanimously made 41 recommendations to prevent future terrorist attacks. While the Bush Administration and Congress implemented a few many of the more critical ones were left unaddressed. The commission on its final day issued a report card giving failing grades to both the White House and the Republican-controlled Congress.
Defending a large expenditure for police protection:
A bomb threat was received and cell phones might be used to detonate a bomb by remote control. However, no one in the vicinity of the BART system could use their cell phones for ANY purpose. The cell phone had begun to be a major tool of protesters organizing demonstration, and many people were concerned that the police might decide that an impending demonstration was a danger to public safety and prevent demonstrators from organizing or coordinating using mobile phones. Civil libertarians argued that the police should have to get a court order and show probably cause in order to shut down a public communications system.
Quintus Ennius (Latin pronunciation: [ˈkᶣiːnt̪ʊs̺ ˈɛnːijʊs̺]; c. 239 – c. 169 BC) was a writer and poet who lived during the Roman Republic. He is often considered the father of Roman poetry. He was born in Rudiae, formerly a small town located near modern Lecce in the heel of Italy (ancient Calabria, today Salento), and could speak Oscan as well as Latin and Greek. Although only fragments of his works survive, his influence in Latin literature was significant, particularly in his use of Greek literary models.
