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To: the_wheel who wrote (6969)	11/19/2002 6:07:51 PM
From: MSI	Respond to of 306849

"A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves largesse from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidate promising the most benefits from the public treasury, with the result that a democracy always collapses over loose fiscal policy, and is always followed by a dictatorship. "The average of the world's great civilizations has been 200 years. These nations have progressed through this sequence: from bondage to spiritual faith; from spiritual faith to great courage; from courage to liberty; from liberty to abundance; from abundance to selfishness; from selfishness to complacency; from complacency to apathy; from apathy to dependency; from dependency back again to bondage." -- Sir Alex Fraser Tytler (1747-1813), Scottish jurist and historian. Professor of Universal History at Edinburgh University in the late 18th Century. From the 1801 Collection of his lectures. constitution.org I would say on the timeline of bondage-faith-courage-liberty-abundance-selfishness-complacency-apathy-dependency-bondage, we have been smack in the middle of dependency for some time, and are now headed into bondage. Only a few hundred weasels need be removed from office, tho'. There is hope... But only if actual public servants can be found who believe in this country, and are not just profiteers. Currently there is no leadership in either major party that believes in limited government