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“A Democracy Never Lasts Long. It Soon Wastes, Exhausts, And Murders Itself” – John Adams: Democracy Vs Republic



Dec 26, 2010 5 Comments ›› Pat Dollard


  • http://www.snorgtees.com/media/catalog/product/i/m/imtrippingyou_fullpic_1.jpg T-Bagg

    Damn it. It seems the comment I just typed was lost. It’s too long to retype now. Hopefully it shows up later.

  • Tenfour

    Try to find a public school where this is taught.

  • http://deleted tedders

    Ådams was referring to a pure democracy, rule of the mob. That’s why the founding fathers chose a Constitutional Republic form of Democracy for America. Obama and his orcs know this and are trying to change our Republics form under the cover of night. He’s trying to destroy us from the inside out. The 112th congress must repeal, revoke and de-fund everything Obama has instigated.

    http://www.wimp.com/thegovernment/

  • SC

    That’s why the Libs/Progressives are pushing for a Democracy and ruining our Republic.

  • Tyler520

    “A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover they can vote themselves largess from the public treasury.

    From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates promising them 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. These nations have progressed through this sequence:

    from bondage to spiritual faith;
    from spiritual faith to great courage;
    from courage to liberty;
    from liberty to abundance;
    from abundance to selfishness;
    from selfishness to apathy;
    from apathy to dependence;
    from dependency back again into bondage.”

    -Alexander Tytler, 1770

    —–

    “The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.”

    -Sir Winston Churchill, 1899