"If you can, make sure that some juicy scandal is stirred up against your opponents for crime, immorality, or corruption, whatever works for each."
--Quintus suo fratri Marco
On an old scrap of rolled-up papyrus you find one of Quintus Cicero's pieces of campaign advice to his brother Marcus.
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"If you can, make sure that some juicy scandal is stirred up against your opponents for crime, immorality, or corruption, whatever works for each." --Quintus suo fratri Marco |
In the turbulent last century of the Republic, this political strategy could be dangerous. Because he was witty and eminently quotable, Cicero was particularly good at stirring up scandal, but he ultimately paid a high price (click here to find out what happened).