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Yes Michael you must be referring to this Cicero quote...

"A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within. An enemy at the gates is less formidable, for he is known and carries his banner openly. But the traitor moves amongst those within the gate freely, his sly whispers rustling through all the alleys, heard in the very halls of government itself."

Marcus Tullius Cicero

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The Guardian of All Things by Michael S. Malone. Cicero figures notably in his discussion of memory through the ages, due to the long oratories that made Cicero famous. Worthy book.

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