Democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts and murders itself.
There was never a democracy that did not commit suicide.
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John Adams (1735 - 1826), Letter, April 15, 1814
In a message dated 9/17/2008 2:03:42 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
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Can someone help me with the origination of a quote that goes something
like:
Democracy ends when the people realize they can vote themselves all the money
I remember reading it in book about the origins of the constitution and now
can't find the book or remember the title, or the person quoted.
Old is not good for the memory.
Harris Kern
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