A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until a majority of voters discover that they can vote themselves largess out of the public treasury. — Alexander Fraser Tytler Copy Share Image
Democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover they can vote themselves largesse out of the public treasure. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidate promising the… — Alexander Fraser Tytler Copy Share Image
A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until a majority of voters discover that they can vote… — Alexander Fraser Tytler Copy Share Image
“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… — Alexander Fraser Tytler Copy Share
Democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover they can vote themselves largesse out of… — Alexander Fraser Tytler Copy Share Image
No republic has long outlived the discovery by a majority of its people that they could vote themselves largesse from the public treasury. — Alexander Fraser Tytler Copy Share Image
“A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves largesse from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates promising the most benefits from the public treasury with the result that a democracy always collapses over loose fiscal policy, always… — Alexander Fraser Tytler Copy Share
It is not, perhaps, unreasonable to conclude, that a pure and perfect democracy is a thing not attainable by man, constituted as he is of contending elements of vice and virtue, and ever mainly influenced by the predominant principle of self-interest. It may, indeed, be confidently asserted, that there never was that government called a republic, which was not ultimately… — Alexander Fraser Tytler Copy Share
The average age of the world's great civilizations has been two hundred 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… — Alexander Fraser Tytler Copy Share
“A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves largesse… — Alexander Fraser Tytler Copy Share Image
