Cato is also a 18th century play by Joseph Addison, based upon the life of Cato the Younger. In this dramatic text, Cato is portrayed as a hero, fighting for liberty against the tyranny of Julius Caesar. The play is reported to be one of George Washington's favourite literature pieces, perhaps because of the fight of the Americans against the oppression of the English.
The Cato InstituteThe Cato Institute is a non-profit public policy research foundation ( think tank) with strong libertarian leanings, headquartered in Washington, D. It is named after Cato's Letters a series of early 18th century British essays expounding the libertarian is a libertarianthink tankThis article is about the institution. For other meanings, see Think Tank. A think tank is a group of individuals dedicated to high-level synergistic research on a variety of subjects, usually in military laboratories, corporations, or other institutions.
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