{SMT_SENATE_POLICY_AT_WAR_STANCE_AT_WAR} The Senate is pleased to note that their policy and yours are in perfect accord regarding these people. They are enemies of Rome, and should be crushed beneath the iron-shod boots of the legions.
{SMT_SENATE_POLICY_HARASS_STANCE_AT_WAR} After due and careful deliberation, the Senate has decided that these people deserve to be treated with a degree of hostility. While not going as far as declaring war, the Senate certainly sees no need to treat these people with anything that could be construed as justice or fairness.
{SMT_SENATE_POLICY_NEUTRAL_STANCE_AT_WAR} The Senate, after due deliberation, has determined that your warlike attitude to these people is, on balance, counter to the interests of the Republic. Formal peace rather than warm friendship is considered to be an ideal state of affairs between good Romans and these folk.
{SMT_SENATE_POLICY_FRIENDLY_STANCE_AT_WAR} The Senate declares that your war against these people is not in Rome's interests. An immediate end to war and a rapprochement is desirable.
{SMT_SENATE_POLICY_ASSIST_STANCE_AT_WAR} War, what is it good for? Absolutely nothing, the Senate has decided. The Senators are displeased, and declare that your war against these people is directly counter to Rome's best interests. An immediate rapprochement is required.
{SMT_SENATE_POLICY_AT_WAR_STANCE_NEUTRAL} The Senate and People of Rome are united in their belief that this faction is a pernicious enemy of Rome. Their continued existence is an affront to Roman dignity, and war is the only desirable course of action.
{SMT_SENATE_POLICY_HARASS_STANCE_NEUTRAL} The Senate has, after due deliberation, decided that these people are not to be considered friends of Rome. Their claims to territory, freedom, and independence should be disputed at every conceivable opportunity.
{SMT_SENATE_POLICY_NEUTRAL_STANCE_NEUTRAL} After deliberation, the Senate has determined that it really doesn't care very much one way or another about the fate of these people. Your current neutrality seems vaguely appropriate in the circumstances, but no Senators are particularly bothered at this time.
{SMT_SENATE_POLICY_FRIENDLY_STANCE_NEUTRAL} The Senators note with approval that war with these people is currently far from your thoughts. However, they wish to impress upon you that, in the interests of the Senate and People of Rome, friendly diplomatic relations should be established.
{SMT_SENATE_POLICY_ASSIST_STANCE_NEUTRAL} The Senate and People of Rome consider that better relations with these people would in be in the Republic's best interests. While your stance towards them is mainly admirable, there is no relationship that cannot be improved.
{SMT_SENATE_POLICY_AT_WAR_STANCE_ALLIED} The Senate is firmly convinced that these people are enemies of Rome. Any policy towards these people should involve the sword, not the olive branch. To treat with them is to invite disaster to the Republic and the disapproval of the Senate in equal measure. Peace is not a suitable method of dealing with these people.
{SMT_SENATE_POLICY_HARASS_STANCE_ALLIED} The Senate and People of Rome are determined that these people should be treated with contempt, not as equals. Their spurious claims of territorial integrity, independence and to life and liberty apart from Rome should be vigorously denied and opposed. 'Demands' not 'diplomacy' should be the watchword.
{SMT_SENATE_POLICY_NEUTRAL_STANCE_ALLIED} The Senate has decided that a close diplomatic relationship with these people is not necessarily in Rome's interests when considered in the light of the Republic's many obligations. Alliances are all very well, but not always appropriate.
{SMT_SENATE_POLICY_FRIENDLY_STANCE_ALLIED} The Senate takes note of your friendly relations with these people and wishes you to continue this policy, sure in the knowledge that the best interests of Rome are being served by your existing peaceful overtures.
{SMT_SENATE_POLICY_ASSIST_STANCE_ALLIED} The Senate and People of Rome are pleased to note that your alliance and their policies fulfil the same goals. These people are friends and worthy of every assistance.