Government and Tyranny

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In view of the many threads discussing this topic, I thought I would share a brilliant article from February 8 2005, ironically called - Government and Tyranny

"Just looking at some quotes from the brilliant minds of history and comparing them to Dubya`s musings, you start to see a worrying trend.The final quote from Scottish historian Sir Alex Fraser Tytler is perhaps the most worrying, when applied to the USA today.."

"The government of the United States is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion".George Washington

"I've heard the call. I believe God wants me to run for president." - George Bush
"I trust God speaks through me. Without that, I couldn’t do my job." - George Bush
"And we base it, our history, and our decision making, our future, on solid values. The first value is, we're all God's children" - George Bush
"I wouldn't pick a judge who said that the Pledge of Allegiance couldn't be said in a school because it had the words 'under God'' in it. I think that's an example of a judge allowing personal opinion to enter into the decision-making process, as opposed to strict interpretation of the Constitution" - George Bush
"We need common-sense judges who understand our rights were derived from God," - George Bush

"This and no other is the root from which a tyrant springs; when he first appears he is a protector." - Plato

"I believe the most solemn duty of the American president is to protect the American people. If America shows uncertainty and weakness in this decade, the world will drift toward tragedy. This will not happen on my watch" - George Bush
"I will never relent in defending America - whatever it takes" - George Bush
"As a matter of fact, when we gave the final chance, he continued to deceive and evade. So I have a choice to make at this point in our history. Do I forget the lessons of September the 11th and take the word of a madman, or do I take action to defend this country?"- George Bush".........

Lots more quotes that I am not going to post here, but the last paragraph is frightening.

"A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves largess of the public treasury. From that time on the majority always votes for the candidates promising the most benefits from the public treasury, with the results 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 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." Sir Alex Fraser Tytler

You can read the full piece at http://www.djpauledge.com/blog.php?id=59">Government and Tyranny