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How to Run a Country

An Ancient Guide for Modern Leaders

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How to Run a Country

By: Marcus Tullius Cicero, Philip Freeman - translator
Narrated by: James Adams
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Marcus Cicero, Rome's greatest statesman and orator, was elected to the Roman Republic's highest office at a time when his beloved country was threatened by power-hungry politicians, dire economic troubles, foreign turmoil, and political parties that refused to work together. Sound familiar? Cicero's letters, speeches, and other writings are filled with timeless wisdom and practical insight about how to solve these and other problems of leadership and politics. How to Run a Country collects the best of these writings to provide an entertaining, common-sense guide for modern leaders and citizens. This brief book, a sequel to How to Win an Election, gathers Cicero's most perceptive thoughts on topics such as leadership, corruption, the balance of power, taxes, war, immigration, and the importance of compromise. These writings have influenced great leaders - including America's Founding Fathers - for 2,000 years, and they are just as instructive today as when they were first written.

Organized by topic and featuring lively new translations, the book also includes an introduction, headnotes, a glossary, suggestions for further reading, and an appendix containing the original Latin texts. The result is an enlightening introduction to some of the most enduring political wisdom of all time.

©2013 Philip Freeman (P)2013 Audible, Inc.
Ancient Greek & Roman History & Theory Philosophy Political Science Politics & Government Rome War Leadership Founding Fathers
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a must read for the modern world no less important now than when it was penned

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good listen but very short. I should have made more attention to duration in the listing.

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I seem to read the history of all ages and nations in every page—and especially the history of our country for forty years past. Change the names and every anecdote will be applicable to us. —John Adams on Middleton’s Life of Cicero

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For the scholar, this would be a great listen, and it was entertaining and thought provoking at first, but as time wore on I found myself wondering why I bought it.

Slightly boring

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