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Nov 16, 2006 10:11

How Long Do We Have?

About the time our original thirteen states adopted their new constitution in 1787, Alexander Tyler, a Scottish history professor at the University of Edinburgh, is reported to have had this to say about the fall of the Athenian Republic some 2,000 years earlier:

"A democracy is always temporary in nature; it simply cannot exist ( Read more... )

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socergrl0 November 18 2006, 01:30:39 UTC
my little republican...love you

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duncanuncas November 26 2006, 06:00:35 UTC
or maybe EVERYONE in our country could just go fight in a pointless war
and millions more could die. that'd be awesome!

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crazybeautifl November 27 2006, 14:22:17 UTC
I love you, Matt. (btw, I stopped in at AE on Friday but I didn't see you. I was sad)

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