James Bannon (Longford-Westmeath, Fine Gael)

The famous Roman statesman and philosopher, Cicero, who lived from 106 BC to 43 BC had his finger on the pulse of good government and an apparent insight into the political position in Ireland in 2009. He said the budget should be balanced, the treasury should be refilled, the public debt should be reduced and the arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and controlled. That man knew what Fianna Fáil and the Green Party were about. They are about corruption.

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