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"A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the majority discovers it can vote itself largess* out of the public treasury. After that, the majority always votes for the candidate promising the most benefits with the result the democracy collapses because of the loose fiscal policy ensuing, always to be followed by a dictatorship, then a monarchy."  
Alexander Fraser Tytler, Lord Woodhouselee (15 October 1747 – 5 January 1813)
*lar-gess (lahr-jes, lahr-jis)
noun
1.  generous bestowal of gifts
2.  the gift or gifts, as of money, so bestowed
3.  obsolete.  generosity; liberality