Marcus Porcius Cato

Rather than allow my beloved Rome to fall prey to the scoundrels who would see her exploited, I have devote myself to public service. Honor and morals above all

[Marcus Porcius Cato @Younger_Cato]

What is man if not a vessel for the state's will, what is a state if not responsive to its people? Obligation is cyclic and unending.

[Marcus Porcius Cato @Younger_Cato]

@ClodiusPulcher after all, what good is it to become Tribune if you spend it at the mercy of another's will? #cantescapetheleash #Caesarspup

[Marcus Porcius Cato @Younger_Cato]

@ClodiusPulcher or are you perhaps referring to your position attained through the purse strings of Caesar and Pompey? Hardly boast worthy.

[Marcus Porcius Cato @Younger_Cato]

@ClodiusPulcher what is there to compare? A reputation of honesty and sacrifice against one of debauchery/ failing to seduce Caesar's wife?

[Marcus Porcius Cato @Younger_Cato]

@ClodiusPulcher To defy an Augur is an affront against the gods. Though I suspect a cross dressing puppet such as yourself hardly cares.

[Marcus Porcius Cato @Younger_Cato]

@ClodiusPulcher if you wish to try once more my good man, by all means. The lap dog of Caesar is permitted to speak on occasion #barkforme

[Marcus Porcius Cato @Younger_Cato]

@ClodiusPulcher and yet I still managed to bring forth tremendous profit to the state during my stay, taking not for myself. #7000successes

[Marcus Porcius Cato @Younger_Cato]

Death or eternal glory stands just out of sight, and I shall greet either as an old friend. #mybelovedRome #iweepforyou #againsttheunjust

[Marcus Porcius Cato @Younger_Cato]

Alas, I fear the road before me is a thankless existence. Nevertheless, I shall not stand by silently as my city crumbles around me.

[Marcus Porcius Cato @Younger_Cato]

Why should the populace suffer needlessly through such a long and brutal process? Why can they not be made to see the danger ahead?

[Marcus Porcius Cato @Younger_Cato]

The new nation, dripping with the blood of it's protectors, is inherently weak. It needs someone to blame lest it tear itself to peices.

[Marcus Porcius Cato @Younger_Cato]

While their eyes are distracted, tyrants assume command of the state. Before long the nation collapses into a monarchy, born through fear.

[Marcus Porcius Cato @Younger_Cato]

Them become enemies of the state of road blocks to "progress". What the masses fail to see is that there is no progress, only regression.

[Marcus Porcius Cato @Younger_Cato]

Before long they have engrained themselves into the tapestry of governance, a thread that can no longer be removed. Those who stand against

[Marcus Porcius Cato @Younger_Cato]

To give in to their demands, even those that seem harmless or beneficial, ultimately weaken the nation. One law becomes another, and another

[Marcus Porcius Cato @Younger_Cato]

Yet when one arises who circumnavigates the system to fulfill their own desires at the cost of the state we must not back down.

[Marcus Porcius Cato @Younger_Cato]

Sacrifice. Our own selfish aims must not be placed above the needs of the state, for there are some burdens to great for it to bear.

[Marcus Porcius Cato @Younger_Cato]

When a state is founded, it is done so with certain principles in mind. Chief among them is the belief that a functioning state requires

[Marcus Porcius Cato @Younger_Cato]

In times of moral crisis, one can not simply compromise on matters that shall define the generations to come. It would violate our nature.

[Marcus Porcius Cato @Younger_Cato]

@LilCato_ None can rest in peace so long as immorality exists. Where one falls, another shall rise. Be on your guard. #foreverwatching