Letter to President Donald Trump (Vol.178)

Some Quotes worth Remembering

250 years ago, a Scottish historian studied past civilizations. From his analysis, he determined why all past great civilizations failed and concluded:

“A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves largesse from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates promising the most benefits from the public treasury with the result that a democracy always collapses over loose fiscal policy, always followed by a dictatorship.”

Alexander Fraser Tytler, Scottish Historian and Judge

"Democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There was never a democracy yet that did not commit suicide."

John Adams, 2nd President of the United States

"In this age and this country, public sentiment is everything. With it, nothing can fail; against it, nothing can succeed. Whoever molds public sentiment goes deeper than he who enacts statutes or pronounces judicial decisions."

Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the United States

"Our politicians are focused on the next election, not the next generation."

Various Authors

"Politicians see the light when they feel the heat."

Senator Everett Dirksen

"THE FIRST LESSON IN ECONOMICS IS SCARCITY, THERE ISN'T ENOUGH OF ANYTHING TO SATISFY ALL THOSE WHO WANT IT; THE FIRST LESSON OF POLITICS IS TO DISREGARD THE FIRST LESSON OF ECONOMICS."

Thomas Sowell, Contemporary Economist

"The inherent vice of Capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; the inherent virtue of Socialism is the equal sharing of misery."

Winston Churchill, Former Prime Minister of the UK

"The problem with Socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money."

Margaret Thatcher, Former Prime Minister of the UK

"One of the greatest mistakes is to judge policies and programs by their intentions rather than their results."

Milton Friedman, Contemporary Economist

"A society that puts equality before freedom will end up with neither. The society that puts freedom before equality will end up with a great measure of both."

Milton Friedman, Contemporary Economist