| Re: 18 JAN 20 |
Subject: Re: 18 JAN 20 by Ultraman on 2020/1/18 16:52:37 A democracy is always temporary in nature; it simply cannot exist as a permanent form of government. A democracy will continue to exist up until the time that voters discover that they can vote themselves generous gifts from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates who promise the most benefits from the public treasury, with the result that every democracy will finally collapse due to loose fiscal policy, which is always followed by a dictatorship. The average age of the world's greatest civilizations from the beginning of history has been about 200 years. During those 200 years, these nations always progressed through the following sequence: From bondage to spiritual faith; From spiritual faith to great courage; From courage to liberty; From liberty to abundance; From abundance to complacency; From complacency to apathy; From apathy to dependence; From dependence back into bondage. First part of that quote was by Elmer T. Peterson in the Daily Oklahoman in 1951. Henning W. Prentis Jr. wrote the From Bondage part in 1943. It or parts of the first quote has been attributed to Ben Franklin and others............ Google is my friend..... |
