This was stolen from a forward I got today (it will make you think)...
HOW LONG DO WE HAVE? This is the most interesting thing I've read in a long time. The sad thing about it, you can see it coming. I have always heard about this democracy countdown. It is interesting to see it in print. God help us, not that we deserve it.
How Long Do We Have?
About the time our original thirteen states adopted their new constitution in 1787, Alexander Tyler, a Scottish history professor at the University of Edinburgh , had this to say about the fall of the Athenian Republic some 2,000 years earlier:
'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.' 'The average age of the world's greatest civilizations from the beginning of history, has been about 200 years' 'During those 200 years, those nations always progressed through the following sequence:
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'
How's that for veering from the usual Mayflower's Musings?
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4 comments:
Wow! I have to admit. Things are a bit scary right now.
Ahhhh...it's so sad/scary where we're headed!
And thank you for the sweet comments about my comments! I really enjoy reading your blog, and I hope we get to see each other in person more than once or twice a year!
Indeed, our country has a hard time learning from history.
It's hard to watch the country decline, especially when there's a large group who is willing to work and support themselves, but the majority would rather vote for handouts. It will be really interesting to see where we end up.
Jill
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