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To: Triffin who wrote (272818)	10/7/2008 11:51:13 AM
From: Oral Roberts	Respond to of 793927

I think that was a Scottish philosopher back when our country was founded that said that.

To: Triffin who wrote (272818)	10/8/2008 6:24:32 AM
From: Tom Clarke	2 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793927

"A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can exist only until the voters discover they can vote themselves largess out of 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 democracy always collapses over a loose fiscal policy, always to be followed by a dictatorship." There is debate about who first said it. Some attribute it to Adam Tyler while others spell his name as Tytler. Still others suggest it might have been de Tocqueville. thundertales.blogspot.com