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Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln

by Doris Kearns Goodwin

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Aug 29, 2024 09:01PM

“The emperor Tiberius would chide an overzealous governor: “It was the part of a good shepherd to shear his flock, not skin it.”
― Mike Duncan, The Storm Before the Storm: The Beginning of the End of the Roman Republic

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“But as he stood watching Carthage burn, Scipio reflected on the fate of this once great power. Overcome with emotion, he cried. His friend and mentor Polybius approached and asked why Scipio was crying.

"A glorious moment, Polybiius; but I have a dread foreboding that some day the same doom will be pronounced on my own country." Scipio then quoted a line from Homer: "A day will come when sacred Troy shall perish, And Priam and his people shall be slain."

Scipio knew that no power endures indefinitely, that all empires must fall.”
― Mike Duncan, The Storm Before the Storm: The Beginning of the End of the Roman Republic

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“Velleius Paterculus later observed: “Precedents do not stop where they begin, but, however narrow the path upon which they enter, they create for themselves a highway whereon they may wander with the utmost latitude… no one thinks a course is base for himself which has proven profitable to others.”
― Mike Duncan, The Storm Before the Storm: The Beginning of the End of the Roman Republic

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