Will Durant,  Durant explains,  "The essential causes of Rome's decline lay in her people, her morals, her class struggle, her failing trade, her bureaucratic despotism, her stifling taxes, her consuming wars"

(Will Durant, Caesar and Christ, p. 665).

Albert Camus ~ (November 7, 1913 – January 4, 1960) French philosopher, author, and journalist.

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Confucius (551 BC - 479 BC) Chinese philosopher and politician. His philosophy emphasized personal and governmental morality, sincerity and justice.

Albert Camus ~ (1913 – 1960) French philosopher, author, and journalist.