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The Dean

May 26th 2010 1:06 pm

Quiz: Who Said This?

“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 [placename which would give it away] become bankrupt. People must again learn to work, instead of living on public assistance.”
NO GOOGLING - no point in cheating.........

lionheart

May 26th 2010 1:23 pm

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Shrek in Shrek2?:)

Roadking

May 26th 2010 1:57 pm

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John Smith
English Chancellor of the Exchequer 1699 to 1701. Later to become Sir and CoE for Great Britian

lullabelle

May 26th 2010 2:22 pm

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The queen

MacScot

May 26th 2010 3:45 pm

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Maggie?

The Dean

May 26th 2010 3:52 pm

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Time's up...............

Cicero said it in ancient Rome in about 55BC.

How times change................ or not................. :huh:

Bahtatboy

May 26th 2010 3:54 pm

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Sheik Khalifa?

Roadking

May 26th 2010 5:51 pm

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Guess I was nearest so i win...

shiva

May 26th 2010 6:12 pm

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trick question i'm afraid.
Whilst attributed to cicero its most likely not. regardless its still a good few lines.

http://quotationsbook.com/quote/45485/
http://message.snopes.com/showthread.php?t=28532

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