Alexander Fraser Tytler

A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until a majority of voters discover that they…

— Alexander Fraser Tytler

“A democracy is always temporary in nature; it simply cannot exist as a permanent form of government. A democracy will continue to…

— Alexander Fraser Tytler

Democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover they can vote themselves largesse…

— Alexander Fraser Tytler

No republic has long outlived the discovery by a majority of its people that they could vote themselves largesse from the public…

— Alexander Fraser Tytler

“A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote…

— Alexander Fraser Tytler

It is not, perhaps, unreasonable to conclude, that a pure and perfect democracy is a thing not attainable by man, constituted as…

— Alexander Fraser Tytler

The average age of the world's great civilizations has been two hundred years. These nations have progressed through the following sequence: from…

— Alexander Fraser Tytler

“A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote…

— Alexander Fraser Tytler