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Democracy
"A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover they can vote themselves excessive gratuities from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates promising the most benefits from the treasury, with the result that a democracy collapses over loose fiscal policy, always followed by a dictatorship." (Professor Alexander Tyler, quoted by Charles Swindoll, Come Before Winter, Portland, Ore.: Multnomah Press, 1985, p. 322.)
"A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover they can vote themselves excessive gratuities from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates promising the most benefits from the treasury, with the result that a democracy collapses over loose fiscal policy, always followed by a dictatorship." (Professor Alexander Tyler, quoted by Charles Swindoll, Come Before Winter, Portland, Ore.: Multnomah Press, 1985, p. 322.)
