“”The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not.”
— Thomas Jefferson
This quote has always been attributed to Alexis De Tocqueville. Whether he said it or not is irrelevant though... it is true:
“A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the majority discovers it can vote itself largess out of the public treasury. After that, the majority always votes for the candidate promising the most benefits with the result the democracy collapses because of the loose fiscal policy ensuing, always to be followed by a dictatorship, then a monarchy.”