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2022-12-11 04:49:00 UTC - HELPFUL
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Cicero did not say these words; he died a year before the attribution. Novelist Taylor Caldwell attributed them to Cicero in her 1965 book of fiction, ‘A Pillar of Iron’ (p 661). This version of the falsely attributed quote surfaced in 2017 on Facebook. https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/cicero-treason-quote/ https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/may/03/facebook-posts/no-roman-statesman-did-not-give-warning-about-trum/ https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780191843730.001.0001/q-oro-ed5-00017226
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