Over 200 years ago, Professor Alexander Tytler wrote, "A Democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of Government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves largess (money or benefits)from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates promising the most benefits from the public treasury, with the result that a democracy always collapses over loose fiscal policy, always followed by a dictatorship."
John Adams, in a letter written to John Taylor, April 15, 1814... "Remember, Democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, & murders itself. There never was a democracy yet, that did not commit suicide."
Wow!! I have always heard the saying, "Those who do not know history, are doomed to repeat it." After reading that, it made it hit home. The system, America has, its been around before..They are no more!
Question is...What will you and I do about this? Leave some comments!
Thanks, Jess
Blog: Politically Thinking
Twitter:@gopthinking
Great quote from the past. I hope we don't repeat the mistakes of the past but it seems we are pretty deep already.
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