“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 from the public treasury with the result that a democracy always collapses over loose fiscal policy, always followed by a dictatorship. The average age of the world's greatest civilizations has been 200 years.”
― Alexis de Tocqueville
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 Personal goals:
Dec 2013: 365 SQ, 275 BP and 415 DL.
Dec 2014: 500 SQ, 350 BP and 550 DL.
"Trust the process" - Steve Shaw, MaB Founder
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