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To: combjelly who wrote (215802)	1/23/2005 5:50:39 PM
From: SilentZ	Respond to of 1574005

>There isn´t any. The quote dates to 1801. Prior to that time the number of democracies were very small. Off the top of my head I can think of the Athenian city state and the US. Neither of which had degenerated into dictatorship. Yeah, that was all I could think of too. -Z

To: combjelly who wrote (215802)	1/23/2005 5:58:48 PM
From: steve harris	Respond to of 1574005

look around, the have nots are voting for people promising to take it away from the haves and give it to the have nots.... another liberal failure like mixing dumb kids and smart kids together, you end up with a bunch of dumb kids.... Mix a bucket of clean water with a bucket of dirty water and you get two buckets of dirty water......[TM_steve]

To: combjelly who wrote (215802)	9/14/2005 5:51:52 PM
From: steve harris	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1574005

Now that Jesse is demanding the same payout as the victims of 9/11 received.... rainbowpush.org 2. We need a Hurricane Victims Fund to provide resources to the affected people and families, based on the same compensation and assistance formula of the 9/11 Victims Fund. Message 20622291 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.