Originally posted by Lady's Human
Actually, Caesar never uttered those words.
Whether it was Julius Caesar or any other Caesar (powerful ruler or autocrat,) from the Romans to the 21st century, those words could have been said by any demagogue who was articulate enough to say them in a fleeting moment of honesty. There are enough examples in history of people being worked up to a frenzy of patriotism in order to distract them from the failures of the rulers.