"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 they can vote themselves generous gifts from the public treasury."
"From that moment on, the majority always vote for the candidates who promise the most benefits from the public treasury, with the result that every democracy will finally collapse due to loose fiscal policy, which is always followed by a dictatorship.”
1. from bondage to spiritual faith;
2. from spiritual faith to great courage;
3. from courage to liberty;
4. from liberty to abundance;
5. from abundance to complacency;
6. from complacency to apathy;
7. from apathy to dependence;
8. From dependence back into bondage"
2000 Presidential election:
Number of States won by:
Gore: 20
Bush: 30
Square miles of land won by:
Gore: 580,000
Bush: 2,427,000
Population of counties won by:
Gore: 127 million
Bush: 143 million
Murder rate per 100,000 residents in counties won by:
Gore: 6.5
Bush: 4.1
If Congress grants amnesty and citizenship to twenty million illegals and they vote, then I feel like we slipped even farther down this path.
Pass this along to help everyone realize just how much is at stake, knowing that apathy is the greatest danger to our freedom.
* Edit: Removed some incorrect statistics and incorrectly quoted individuals, not deleting the thread as it still, I beleive, is something to think about.