"The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not."

One of our founding fathers, Thomas Jefferson understood something that has since been forgotten: the fact that when given the opportunity, people will often become lazy and complacent. 

"Why work for money when I can have it handed to me?" has become a common attitude, and sadly people are losing touch with the American dream...to become successful for themselves. 

If you're one who still believes people should work hard for a living and be rewarded according to their effort, not the volume of their complaints, order your "The Democracy Will Cease to Exist" t-shirt today. 

NOTE:

While the source of this quote is unknown, we do know for a fact that Jefferson made similar remarks.The following information comes from Monticello.org.

Status: This exact quotation has not been found in any of the writings of Thomas Jefferson. It bears a very vague resemblance to Jefferson's comment in a prospectus for his translation of Destutt de Tracy's Treatise on Political Economy: "To take from one, because it is thought that his own industry and that of his fathers has acquired too much, in order to spare to others, who, or whose fathers have not exercised equal industry and skill, is to violate arbitrarily the first principle of association, -- the guarantee to every one of a free exercise of his industry, & the fruits acquired by it.'"^[3]