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To: FlyLow
No such book. No such qoute.

Check Edinburgh Universities website FAQ. Tytler never said it that anyone can find an actual source for.

Let's not give freedoms enemies any more ammo than they already have.

12 posted on 01/21/2004 11:57:00 AM PST by Dead Corpse (For an Evil Super Genius, you aren't too bright are you?)
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To: Dead Corpse
Maybe not, but in 1841 in The American Democracy Alexis d'Tocqueville warned:

"The American Republic will endure until the politicians learn they can bribe the people with their own money."

16 posted on 01/21/2004 12:07:18 PM PST by skip2myloo
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To: Dead Corpse
Or - a recent bumper sticker:

Vote Democrat - It Beats Working

18 posted on 01/21/2004 12:09:30 PM PST by skip2myloo
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To: Dead Corpse
"No such book. No such qoute.
Check Edinburgh Universities website FAQ. Tytler never said it that anyone can find an actual source for.

Let's not give freedoms enemies any more ammo than they already have."


Perhaps their achievist cannot remember back 200 plus years!
The thought is correct and I have read this in many places over time...perhaps the validity of the Scots record keeping is the question!
28 posted on 01/21/2004 1:29:37 PM PST by FlyLow (The leftists hate the home team, root for the visitors, and get indignant when you point it out!)
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