As far as I can tell, all three quotes are misattributed. Tytler, at least, could* be legit, but I have never gotten to the UNC library with a thousand extra hours to pore over his book of lectures.
*Everyone else who's looked at it has written off the Tytler "quote" as from the '50s, but it isn't dramatically outside his realm of opinion like the other two. The other two I feel comfortable saying are straight up incorrect. I have never been able to find them, nor find anyone who has found them, and practically they don't make a lot of sense in the context of their listed authors. Speaking of, fun with Google Books: you can search by date range. Search for "google" in the 20th century, for example. Also, I found the demise of the word "crone" interesting. Best, Tim On Wed, Nov 7, 2012 at 11:58 AM, andrew strasfogel <astrasfo...@gmail.com>wrote: > Tocqueville was scary-prescient > > On Wed, Nov 7, 2012 at 9:31 AM, Scott and Gwen Ritchey > <ritche...@aol.com> wrote: > > "When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will > herald > > the end of the republic." - Benjamin Franklin > > > > "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 > treasury, > > with the result that every democracy will finally collapse due to loose > > fiscal policy, which is always followed by a dictatorship" - Alexander > > Tytler 1787 > > > > "The American Republic will endure, until politicians realize they can > bribe > > the people with their own money." - Alexis de Tocqueville (1805-1859) > > > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
