Roman Citizen

Famous quotes containing the words roman citizen, roman and/or citizen:

“It is a crime to put a Roman citizen in chains, it is an enormity to flog one, sheer murder to slay one: what, then, shall I say of crucifixion? It is impossible to find the word for such an abomination.”
—Marcus Tullius Cicero (106–43 B.C.)

“Before the Roman came to Rye or out to Severn strode,
The rolling English drunkard made the rolling English road.”
—Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874–1936)

“For the nation’s rise and fall every citizen has a responsibility.”
—Chinese proverb.