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->''"Democracy is beautiful in theory; in practice it is a fallacy. You in America will see that some day."''
-->-- '''UsefulNotes/BenitoMussolini''' to Edwin L James of the ''New York Times'' (1928)
->''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. From that moment on the majority always votes for the candidate promising the most benefits from the public treasury with the result that Democracy always collapses over a loose fiscal policy, always to be followed by a Dictatorship and a Monarchy.''
-->-- '''An unknown author''', first quoted in ''Pennsylvania Township News'' vols. 14–15, 1961, where the quote is attributed to '''Alexander Fraser Tytler'''
->-''The United States brags about its political system, but the [American] President says one thing during the election, something else when he takes office, something else at midterm, and something else when he leaves.''
-->--'''UsefulNotes/DengXiaoping'''
-->-- '''UsefulNotes/BenitoMussolini''' to Edwin L James of the ''New York Times'' (1928)
->''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. From that moment on the majority always votes for the candidate promising the most benefits from the public treasury with the result that Democracy always collapses over a loose fiscal policy, always to be followed by a Dictatorship and a Monarchy.''
-->-- '''An unknown author''', first quoted in ''Pennsylvania Township News'' vols. 14–15, 1961, where the quote is attributed to '''Alexander Fraser Tytler'''
->-''The United States brags about its political system, but the [American] President says one thing during the election, something else when he takes office, something else at midterm, and something else when he leaves.''
-->--'''UsefulNotes/DengXiaoping'''
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->-''Democracy is beautiful in theory; in practice it is a fallacy. You in America will see that some day.''
-->-- '''Benito Mussolini''' to Edwin L James of the ''New York Times'' (1928)
-->-- '''Benito Mussolini''' to Edwin L James of the ''New York Times'' (1928)
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->''"A great deal of democratic enthusiasm descends from people like [[Creator/JeanJacquesRousseau Rousseau]], who believed in democracy because they thought mankind so wise and good that everyone deserved a share in the government. The danger of defending democracy on those grounds is that they are not true...I do not deserve a share in governing a hen-roost much less a nation. Nor do most people...The real reason for democracy is just the reverse. Mankind is so fallen that no man can be trusted with unchecked power over his fellows. Creator/{{Aristotle}} said that some people were only fit to be slaves. I do not contradict him. But I reject slavery because I see no men fit to be masters."''
-->-- '''Creator/CSLewis'''
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-->-- ''James Bovard'', often misattributed to UsefulNotes/BenjaminFranklin
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-->-- ''James Bovard'', '''James Bovard''', often misattributed to UsefulNotes/BenjaminFranklin
Creator/BenjaminFranklin
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-->-- ''James Bovard, often Misattributed to UsefulNotes/BenjaminFranklin
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-->-- ''James Bovard, Bovard'', often Misattributed misattributed to UsefulNotes/BenjaminFranklin
