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Somewhere between apathy and dependance. *NM* HyogaRott Send a noteboard - 24/04/2013 03:59:19 AM

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Wow, this professor hit the nail on the head. Obama and liberalism are trying their hardest to bring us back the "beginning":

In 1887 Alexander Tyler, a Scottish history professor at the University of Edinborough, had this to say about the fall of the Athenian Republic some 2,000 years prior:

"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 over 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."


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Evolution of Democracy - Where is the US right now? - - 24/04/2013 12:53:55 AM 817 Views
Somewhere between apathy and dependance. *NM* - 24/04/2013 03:59:19 AM 241 Views
Edinburgh. - 24/04/2013 11:28:05 AM 558 Views
Didn't know that, what's sad is that it won't stick - 24/04/2013 11:56:36 AM 572 Views
I know. We keep giving rights to more people. It's awful. *NM* - 26/04/2013 10:46:07 AM 227 Views
Well, you can argue it all you want, but Tytler never said any of it as far as we can tell. - 29/04/2013 02:16:22 PM 628 Views
Don't care.....if it's true it's true. And the US is heading down a dangerous path. - 30/04/2013 09:32:40 PM 497 Views
But it isn't true. It's patently false. - 30/04/2013 10:38:12 PM 524 Views
I'm not saying this is preordained..... - 01/05/2013 01:29:13 AM 513 Views
I'm not sure that makes sense to me. - 30/04/2013 11:45:35 PM 505 Views
Re: I'm not sure that makes sense to me. - 01/05/2013 01:27:47 AM 565 Views
I have to agree with Tom - 01/05/2013 12:05:41 AM 519 Views

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