Keep in mind, these were written about 200 years ago….
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“A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves money from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates promising the most benefits from the [...]
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Quotes to make you think
Posted in Quote, tagged quotes on June 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
from apathy to dependence
Posted in Quote on November 21, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Alex Tyler, a Scottish history professor at the University of Edinburgh at the time of America’s birth, wrote a warning to America in 1787. He observed that the average age of the world’s greatest civilizations was about 200 years, during which they inevitably progressed through the following sequence:
from bondage to faith, from faith to [...]
