Quintus Tullius Cicero Quotes
You should not make specific pledges either to the Senate or to the People. Stick to vague generalities.
His older brother was running for Consul—the highest elected office of the Roman Empire. The Handbook, was his advice to his brother as to how to conduct his campaign.
Quintus Tullius Cicero, ~102 BC–43 BC, Roman general & Brother of Cicero the Orator, “Little Handbook of Campaigning”, [“Commentariolum Petitionis”], 64 BC
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There was pressure on all statewide candidates to pledge to support the war effort in the controversial Vietnam War.
His older brother was running for Consul—the highest elected office of the Roman Empire. The Handbook, was his advice to his brother as to how to conduct his campaign.
His older brother was running for Consul—the highest elected office of the Roman Empire. The Handbook, was his advice to his brother as to how to conduct his campaign.
Sinclair was a writer who had written about some of the worst scandals in American politics, leaned toward socialized democracy, and decided to run as a reform candidate in California where he lived. He won the Democratic primary easily even though he had no money, political experience, or backing. He terrified the Republicans who ran one of the dirtiest campaigns in American History to defeat him spending more money than in any election up to then including the Presidential elections. (for more details see {619613}) Sinclair lost, but it was close.
Samuel Langhorne Clemens, 1835-1910. In the beginning of the 21st century, most Republicans had actually signed a pledge never to raise any taxes. Many of them might have thought better of the idea of they had read this quotation as freedom for them is a very important thing.
Germany was the enemy but the allies were fighting with each other over the treaty negotiations. David Lloyd George was the Prime Minister of England who was negotiating for that country.
His older brother was running for Consul—the highest elected office of the Roman Empire. The Handbook, was his advice to his brother as to how to conduct his campaign.
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Quintus Tullius Cicero (/ˈsɪsəroʊ/ SISS-ə-roh, Latin: [ˈkɪkɛroː]; 102 – 43 BC) was a Roman statesman and military leader, the younger brother of Marcus Tullius Cicero. He was born into a family of the equestrian order, as the son of a wealthy landowner in Arpinum, some 100 kilometres (62 mi) south-east of Rome.
