Comments on: The Crisis In Courage http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2007/02/01/the-crisis-in-courage/ Summum nec metuas diem, nec optes - Marcus Valerius Martialis Thu, 19 Apr 2012 09:00:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Gaius http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2007/02/01/the-crisis-in-courage/comment-page-1/#comment-54535 Gaius Thu, 01 Feb 2007 19:53:23 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2007/02/01/the-crisis-in-courage/#comment-54535 Well, that is one reason the founders set this nation up as a Republic. But the meddling over the years with their system has damaged the original controls they put in. I'm not sure where that puts us in terms of your quotation. Well, that is one reason the founders set this nation up as a Republic. But the meddling over the years with their system has damaged the original controls they put in. I’m not sure where that puts us in terms of your quotation.

]]> By: TimF http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2007/02/01/the-crisis-in-courage/comment-page-1/#comment-54534 TimF Thu, 01 Feb 2007 19:43:25 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2007/02/01/the-crisis-in-courage/#comment-54534 A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves largess from the public treasure. From that time on the majority always votes for the candidates promising the most benefits from the public treasure, with the result that a democracy always collapses over loose fiscal policy, always followed by a dictatorship. The average age of the world’s great civilizations has been 200 years. These nations have progressed through this sequence: From bondage to spiritual faith; From spiritual faith to great courage; From great courage to liberty; From liberty to abundance; From abundance to selfishness; From selfishness to complacency; From complacency to apathy; From apathy to dependency; From dependency to bondage. Sir Alex Fraser Tytler Scottish Jurist and Historian (1742-1813) From his 1801 Collection of Lectures Europe seems to be somewhere between apathy and dependancy. Where is the US? A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves largess from the public treasure. From that time on the majority always votes for the candidates promising the most benefits from the public treasure, with the result that a democracy always collapses over loose fiscal policy, always followed by a dictatorship. The average age of the world’s great civilizations has been 200 years.

These nations have progressed through this sequence:
From bondage to spiritual faith;
From spiritual faith to great courage;
From great courage to liberty;
From liberty to abundance;
From abundance to selfishness;
From selfishness to complacency;
From complacency to apathy;
From apathy to dependency;
From dependency to bondage.

Sir Alex Fraser Tytler
Scottish Jurist and Historian
(1742-1813)
From his 1801 Collection of Lectures

Europe seems to be somewhere between apathy and dependancy. Where is the US?

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