Was it Tocqueville who said we would have a Republic until a certain segment of the population was allowed to vote themselves raises. Something to that effect.
“The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public's money".-- Alexis de Tocqueville, from his book Democracy in America
“Montana seems to me to be what a small boy would think Texas is like from hearing Texans.” John Steinbeck
