Quote of the Day
October 7th, 2007 by 
Kevin
“A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves largess from the public treasury. From that time on the majority always votes for the candidates promising the most benefits from the public treasury, with the results that a democracy always collapses over loose fiscal policy, always followed by a dictatorship.”
- Sir Alex Fraser Tytler (1742-1813 Edinburgh University)
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October 8th, 2007 at 9:18 am
Really? I thought the original quote was from Plato.
October 8th, 2007 at 9:19 am
Put another way, a politician willing to rob Peter to pay Paul can always count on the support of Paul.
Still another way– “a democracy is suited for a moral people, and no other.” (Franklin, I think)