Alexander Fraser Tyler, Cycle Of Democracy (1770)

"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 the public treasury with the result that a democracy always collapses over lousy fiscal policy, always followed by a dictatorship. The average of the world’s great civilizations before they decline has been 200 years. These nations have progressed in this sequence: From bondage to spiritual faith; from faith to great courage; from 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 back again to bondage."

Will this happen to America? 

Abraham Lincoln

"People are just as happy as they make up their minds to be."

Elegance thru simplicity

Thonet chair company
No. 14 chair 

Thonet’s No. 14 was made of six pieces of steam-bent wood, ten screws, and two nuts.
With its affordable price and simple design, it became one of the best-selling chairs ever made.

April 23, 1982 
Key West secedes from the Union
 

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