to drop something meaning "the state," as opposed to "Carthage," into the old saying attributed to Cato the Elder   ... "Carthago delenda est"  ( English : " Carthage  must be destroyed") or the fuller  "Ceterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam"  or  "Ceterum autem censeo, Carthaginem esse delendam"  (English: "Furthermore, I think