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To: Lazamataz
"Can you cite the de Tocqueville prediction? It would save me the lookup, and enrich this thread."

Mais certainment, avec plaisir ...

“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 candidates promising the most benefits from the public treasury with the result that a democracy always collapses over loose fiscal policy, always followed by a dictatorship. The average age of the world's greatest civilizations has been 200 years.” ― Alexis de Tocqueville

103 posted on 11/09/2012 4:53:05 AM PST by StAnDeliver (Own It.)
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To: StAnDeliver

I’m pretty sure that’s a bogus internet quote, but no matter, it’s probably close enough to his thoughts.


107 posted on 11/09/2012 5:14:37 AM PST by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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