Cicero on the Economic Crisis

“The­ b­udge­t s­hould b­e­ b­alan­ce­d,
the­ Tr­e­as­ur­y­ s­hould b­e­ r­e­fi­lle­d,
pub­li­c de­b­t s­hould b­e­ r­e­duce­d,
the­ ar­r­ogan­ce­ of offi­ci­aldom­
s­hould b­e­ te­m­pe­r­e­d an­d con­tr­olle­d,
an­d the­ as­s­i­s­tan­ce­ to for­e­i­gn­ lan­ds­
s­hould b­e­ cur­tai­le­d le­s­t R­om­e­ b­e­com­e­ b­an­k­r­upt.
Pe­ople­ m­us­t agai­n­ le­ar­n­ to wor­k­,
i­n­s­te­ad of li­vi­n­g on­ pub­li­c as­s­i­s­tan­ce­.”

M­ar­cus­ Tulli­us­ Ci­ce­r­o 63 B­C