>>“When the people find that they can vote themselves money that will herald the end of the republic.” ~ Benjamin Franklin
>>
>>"A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover they can vote themselves largess out of the public treasury." ~ Alexis de Tocqueville
>>
>
>These are both fakes. Neither Franklin nor de Tocqueville said those things. Here's an article debunking them:
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2012/11/sorry-conservatives-de-tocqueville-did-not-call-2012-election/321393/>
>Tamar
Thats interesting and I will check it out. But the sentiment is valid nonetheless. It's human nature and the politcians know it.
In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends - Martin Luther King, Jr.