Democracy is Temporary

 At about the time our original 13 states adopted
their new constitution, in the year 1787, Alexander
Tyler (a Scottish history professor at The
University of Edinborough) had this to say about
“The Fall of The Athenian Republic” some 2,000 years prior.
 
    “A democracy is always temporary in nature; it
simply cannot exist as a permanent form of
government. A democracy will continue to exist up
until the time that voters discover that they can
vote themselves generous gifts from the public
treasury. From that moment on, the majority always
votes for the candidates who promise the most
benefits from the public treasury, with the result
that every democracy will finally collapse due to
loose fiscal policy, (which is) always followed by a
dictatorship.”
 
    “The average age of the worlds greatest
civilizations from the beginning of history, has
been about 200 years. During those 200 years, these
nations always progressed through the following
sequence:
  
   From Bondage to spiritual faith;
 
   From spiritual faith to great courage;
 
   From courage to liberty;