“Democracy, more than any other form of government, expresses the will of the people.”

“It is the will of the people that their government overborrow.”

Peter Treadwell

Investing in the Age of Sovereign Debt

A very interesting book

And one more:

“The budget should be balanced, the Treasury should be refilled,
 
public debt should be reduced, the arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and controlled,
 
and the assistance to foreign lands should be curtailed, lest Rome will become bankrupt.
 
People must again learn to work instead of living on public assistance.”
 
– Cicero , 55 BC

From Matt B.  with this comment:

So, evidently we’ve learned bugger all over the past 2,067 years.