Alexander Tyler: A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until a majority of voters discover that they can vote themselves largess out of the public treasury.

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Alexander Fraser Tytler, Lord Woodhouselee (October 15, 1747 - January 5, 1813) was a Scottish-born British lawyer and writer

"A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until a majority of voters discover that they can vote themselves largess out of the public treasury."

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