plebiscite quotes

Nam qui dabat olim imperium, fasces, legiones, omnia, nunc se continet atque duas tantum res anxius optat, panem et circenses. Time was when their plebiscite elected generals, Heads of State, commanders of legions: but now they've pulled intheir horns, there's only twothingsthatconcernthem: bread and games.

-Juvenal full name Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis
Of the people of Rome. Satirae, no.10, l.78^81 (translated by Peter Green).'Panem et circenses' is sometimes translated as 'bread and circuses'.