[Macaw]

I absolutely love this man.

[weikel]

I don't want the rule of Jackals by Jackasses myself.

democracy: "a government of the masses. Authority derived through mass meetings or any other form of direct expression. Results in mobocracy. Attitude towards property is communistic-negative property rights. Attitude toward law is that the will of the majority shall regulate, whether it is based upon deliberation or governed by passion, prejudice and impulse, without restraint or regard to consequences. It results in demagogism, license, agitation, discontent, anarchy."

U.S. Army Training Manual( around 1928)

"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 candidate promising the most from the public treasury with the results that a democracy always collapses over loose fiscal policy, always followed by dictatorship." - Alexander Tyler

[KentuckyWoman]

You've just GOT to love Walter Williams!! He's not afraid to lay it on the line and he's right on from a Constitutional point of view at least 99% of the time.

"....a Republic, madam, if you can keep it" - Ben Franklin

Sadly, we haven't done very well at "keeping it" and now can't seem to figure out how to get it back.

[KayEyeDoubleDee]

If I was dictator for a day, I might make everyone spend that day reading Dr. Williams.

[veracious]

Long live the Republic.

[LiberalBuster]

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[eraser X]

Back in the beginning of the 90's I remember Jimmy Rogers making the point in his book Investment Biker that Democracy isn't what brings prosperity. This was back at the time when our leaders were expounding on the virtues of Democracy for Eastern Europe. Democracy doesn't promote prosperity, freedom and property rights do.

[B-Chan]

Being a monarchist, I am fundamentally opposed to democratic forms of government. Any King but King Mob!

Monarchism FAQ

[mconder]

In a democracy of one chicken and two foxes, guess what's for dinner?

[mconder]

I guess the real question is who or what defines the principles that define a republic? What is the purpose of just government? These questions seem to be best answered by humble supplication to The Creator, which I believe is exactly what happened when the founders sought God's advice in the creation of this republic. How can there be any dispute that what the founders penned as our constitution was really just a recognition of devine law?

[Tailgunner Joe]

bump!

[Tailgunner Joe]

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