>>Europe had to go through several major spasms, costing millions of lives, before democracy triumphed.
>How many lives is democracy worth?
Zero? :)
The American Republic will endure, until politicians realize they can bribe the people with their own money.
- Alexis de Tocqueville
No man’s life, liberty, or property is safe while the legislature is in session.
– Mark Twain (1866)
