SouthernN'Proud
Southern Discomfort
Ran across this, which I had read before, but it got me thinking tonight.
America has seen her bondage; we called them pilgrims.
America has seen her spiritual faith; we called them the founding fathers.
America has seen her great courage; we called them patriots and revolutionists.
America has seen her liberty; we called them Washington, Jefferson, Madison and Monroe.
America has seen her abundance; we called it manifest destiny.
America has seen her dictator, mentioned previously in the quote; we called him lincoln.
America has seen her selfishness; we called it tariffs.
America has seen her complacency; we called it reconstruction, then the new deal.
America has seen her apathy; we called them hippies, draft dodgers, the me generation.
America has seen her dependency; we call it social security, welfare, entitlements. Sometimes we call it racism; other times we call it reverse racism. We also call it political correctness.
Doesn't leave much, huh?
"A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves money from the public treasure. From that moment on the majority always votes for the candidates promising the most money from the public treasury, with the result that a democracy always collapses over loose fiscal policy followed by a dictatorship. The average age of the world's great civilizations has been two hundred years. These nations have progressed through the following 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 to bondage." --Lord Alexander Tytler on the fall of the Athenian republic
America has seen her bondage; we called them pilgrims.
America has seen her spiritual faith; we called them the founding fathers.
America has seen her great courage; we called them patriots and revolutionists.
America has seen her liberty; we called them Washington, Jefferson, Madison and Monroe.
America has seen her abundance; we called it manifest destiny.
America has seen her dictator, mentioned previously in the quote; we called him lincoln.
America has seen her selfishness; we called it tariffs.
America has seen her complacency; we called it reconstruction, then the new deal.
America has seen her apathy; we called them hippies, draft dodgers, the me generation.
America has seen her dependency; we call it social security, welfare, entitlements. Sometimes we call it racism; other times we call it reverse racism. We also call it political correctness.
Doesn't leave much, huh?