The Evolution Of A Republic

Posted by Gordon on March 3, 2010 at 6:30am

When the 13 colonies were still part of England,

Professor Alexander Tyler, a Scottish historian,

wrote about the fall of the Athenian Republic over

2000 years earlier. He said:


“ A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of

Government. It can only exist until the voters

discover that they can vote themselves money from the

Public Treasury. From that moment on, the majority

always votes for the candidates promising the most

money from the Public Treasury, with the result that

a democracy always collapses over loose fiscal policy

followed by a dictatorship.


The average age of the world's greatest civilizations

have been 200 years. These nations have 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 selfishness, from

selfishness to complacency, from complacency to

apathy, from apathy to dependency, from dependency

back to bondage.” ---- Alexander Tyler


The Evolution Of A Republic


When the 13 colonies were still part of England,
Professor Alexander Tyler, a Scottish historian,
wrote about the fall of the Athenian Republic over
2000 years earlier. He said:

“ A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of
Government. It can only exist until the voters
discover that they can vote themselves money from the
Public Treasury. From that moment on, the majority
always votes for the candidates promising the most
money from the Public Treasury, with the result that
a democracy always collapses over loose fiscal policy
followed by a dictatorship.

The average age of the world's greatest civilizations
have been 200 years. These nations have 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 selfishness, from
selfishness to complacency, from complacency to
apathy, from apathy to dependency, from dependency
back to bondage.” ---- Alexander Tyler

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