In 1887 Alexander Tyler, a Scottish history professor at the
University of Edinburgh , had this to say about the fall of
the Athenian Republic some 2,000 years prior: "A democracy
is always temporary in nature; it simply cannot exist as a
permanent form of government. A democracy will continue to
exist up until the time that voters discover that they can vote themselves generous gifts from the public treasury. From
that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates
who promise the most benefits from the public treasury, with
the result that every democracy will finally collapse over loose
fiscal policy, (which is) always followed by a dictatorship."
"The average age of the world's greatest civilizations from the
beginning of history, has been about 200 years. During those
200 years, these nations always progressed through the
following sequence:
From bondage to spiritual faith;
From spiritual faith to great courage;
From courage to liberty;
From liberty to abundance;
From abundance to complacency;
From complacency to apathy;
From apathy to dependence;
From dependence back into bondage."
The Obituary follows:
Born 1776, Died 2016
It doesn't hurt to read this several times. Professor Joseph
Olson of Hamline University School of Law in St. Paul,
Minnesota, points out some interesting facts concerning the
last Presidential election:
Number of States won by: Obama: 9
University of Edinburgh , had this to say about the fall of
the Athenian Republic some 2,000 years prior: "A democracy
is always temporary in nature; it simply cannot exist as a
permanent form of government. A democracy will continue to
exist up until the time that voters discover that they can vote themselves generous gifts from the public treasury. From
that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates
who promise the most benefits from the public treasury, with
the result that every democracy will finally collapse over loose
fiscal policy, (which is) always followed by a dictatorship."
"The average age of the world's greatest civilizations from the
beginning of history, has been about 200 years. During those
200 years, these nations always progressed through the
following sequence:
From bondage to spiritual faith;
From spiritual faith to great courage;
From courage to liberty;
From liberty to abundance;
From abundance to complacency;
From complacency to apathy;
From apathy to dependence;
From dependence back into bondage."
The Obituary follows:
Born 1776, Died 2016
It doesn't hurt to read this several times. Professor Joseph
Olson of Hamline University School of Law in St. Paul,
Minnesota, points out some interesting facts concerning the
last Presidential election:
Number of States won by: Obama: 9
Square miles of land won by: Obama: 580,000
Population of counties won by: Obama: 127 million
Murder rate per 100,000 residents in counties: Obama: 13.2
Professor Olson adds: "In aggregate, the map of the territory
Romney won was mostly the land owned by the taxpaying
citizens of the country.
Obama territory mostly encompassed those citizens living in low
income tenements and living off various forms of government welfare..."
Olson believes the United States is now somewhere between the
"complacency and apathy" phase of Professor Tyler's definition
of democracy, with some forty percent of the nation's population already having reached the "governmental dependency" phase..
If Congress grants amnesty and citizenship to twenty million
criminal invaders called illegals - and they vote - then we can say goodbye to the USA in fewer than five years.
Please share this posting with your friends to help everyone realize just
how much is at stake, knowing that apathy is the greatest danger
to our freedom.
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