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The Myth of Separation: What Is the Correct Relationship Between Church and State?

by David Barton

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Ted said: " Have you ever wanted to truly understand what the Founders were thinking when they wrote the Federalist Papers, the constitution and the Bill of Rights? Me too. I picked up this book because I hear so often of the "separation of church and state."
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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.”
― Elmer T Peterson

tags: democracy, misattributed-to-de-tocqueville

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