Catullus (Gaius Valerius Catullus) Quotes

I can imagine no greater misfortune for a cultured people than to see in the hands of the rulers not only the civil, but also the religious power.

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• The state, the state apparatus, is not an abstraction.

  

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• I am not going to answer any questions as to my association, my philosophical or religious beliefs or my political beliefs, or how I voted in any election, or any of these private affairs.

  

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• I can imagine no greater misfortune for a cultured people than to see in the hands of the rulers not only the civil, but also the religious power.

  

  Catullus
  • Religious
  • Imagine
  • Misfortunes