Originally posted by Ponderable"Happy JULY 4th To All
for all who celebrate 😉
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Thanks, Ponderable.
Originally posted by Grampy BobbyIt doesn't happen in a vacuum, Bobby. If you read the Declaration of Independence more carefully,
The 4th of July is the time when we celebrate our nation -- a time to reflect on the freedoms which
we believe are not granted by our government, but are self-evident rights for all humankind.
you'll notice that it provides for a government to secure those "self-evident" rights. Enjoy your tea.
"A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves largess of 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....
The average age of the world's greatest civilizations has been two hundred years. These nations have progressed through this sequence: from bondage to spiritual faith; from spiritual faith to great courage; from great courage to liberty; from liberty to abundance; from abundance to selfishness; from selfishness to complacency; from complacency to apathy; from apathy to dependence; from dependency back again to bondage."
by: Sir Alex Fraser Tytler (1742-1813) Lord Woodhouselee, Scottish jurist, professor and historian. Source: supposedly from The Decline and Fall of the Athenian Republic, c.1799 but no book has been found."
http://quotes.liberty-tree.ca/quote_blog/Alex.Tytler.Quote.4272
Originally posted by Grampy BobbySounds like you have some kind of chip on your shoulder about something.
"A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves largess of 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 fi ...[text shortened]... but no book has been found."
http://quotes.liberty-tree.ca/quote_blog/Alex.Tytler.Quote.4272
C'mon, let's hear it.
Originally posted by Grampy Bobby"But no book has been found." Really, Bobby? I thought you were sharper than that.
"A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves largess of 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 fi ...[text shortened]... but no book has been found."
http://quotes.liberty-tree.ca/quote_blog/Alex.Tytler.Quote.4272
Check this out: http://www.snopes.com/politics/ballot/athenian.asp
Originally posted by HandyAndyBecame aware of Snopes' linkage of the quotation to "the last presidential election" [not my reference] and dismissal of its authorship a week ago when I checked out the quotation [first heard twenty years ago] before posting it to Facebook.
"But no book has been found." Really, Bobby? I thought you were sharper than that.
Check this out: http://www.snopes.com/politics/ballot/athenian.asp
"Claim: Law professor's analysis demonstrates that the results of the last presidential election correspond to a prediction about the downfall of democracy." http://www.snopes.com/politics/ballot/athenian.asp#kyuQEvUH7AIkB7PV.99