[Spridgets] Alexis de Tocqueville

dwoerpel at wi.net dwoerpel at wi.net
Mon Aug 27 22:30:51 MDT 2012


Kinda nailed the situation didn't he?


> Interesting
fellow.  If you've not done so, read about him.
> Herb
>

> On Mon, Aug 27, 2012 at 5:37 PM, <corvallis at peoplepc.com>
wrote:
> 
>>
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexis_de_Tocqueville
>>
>> "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." -  Alexis
de Tocqueville -
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