U. S. Army Training Manual No. 2000-25 Quote 

"Democracy, n.:
- A government of the masses.
- Authority derived through mass meeting or any other form of
direct expression.
- Results in mobocracy.
- Attitude toward property is communistic... negating property rights.
- Attitude toward law is that the will of the majority shall regulate,
whether it is based upon deliberation or governed by passion, prejudice,
and impulse, without restraint or regard to consequences.
- Result is demagogism, license, agitation, discontent, [chaos]."

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published by the US War Department, Washington, D.C., November 30, 1928
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This document is a fraud and a hoax.
 -- Jim, Olympia		 
It is copied from Training Manual No. 2000-25 that was published by the then War Department, Washington, D.C., November 30, 1928. 'Democracy', is the biggest lie ever fed to the American people.
 -- Bob, Lacey		 
Or some over worked, un-supervised, un-educated officer in 1928 wasn’t paying attention to what he was writing or signing off on. But interesting.
 -- Anonymous, Tucson		 
Don't see much indication of it being a hoax. http://books.google.com/books?id=o4tcl2b5d1MC&pg=RA1-PA162&lpg=RA1-PA162&dq=us+army+training+manual+no+%222000+25%22&source=web&ots=waSlPZ70Xy&sig=_8iiFy4Bons0yvyHXUhQjjVFn6I#PPP1,M1
 -- Anonymous		 
When the government fears the People, that is Liberty. When the People fear the Government, that is tyranny. ~Thomas Jefferson Knowledge is power. Know the difference between a Republic and a Democracy. The people have been conditioned for so long, they no longer question the motives of those elected to office or the powers that be.
 -- Joe, Los Angeles		 
Our current Democratic candidate i quote" We need to share the wealth" If thats not socialism what is. Pay attention America!
 -- Jim, Hackettstown		 
I haven't stopped smiling for nearly 10 minutes; if this doesn't show how language, thought, and philosophy have changed/evolved/digressed in less than a century, I don't know what else can. I'm sure Waffy-boy will have some inane comment concerning the non-validity of the comment; regardless, truth is truth -- and this is yet another notch against the ignorant philosophy of "Democracy". I will say it again, just for my buddy Waffy-boy, "We are a Republic, not a Democracy". READ YOUR HISTORY!
 -- Logan, Memphis, TN		 
- A government of the masses. / The de jure U.S. was once a government of the individuals united - no longer. - Authority derived through mass meeting or any other form of direct expression. / The de jure U.S. was once a government that derived its authority from the individual sovereign in accordance with the God of Nature and Nature's laws - no longer. - Results in mobocracy. / The de jure U.S. was once a representative of the individual, eliminating mobocracy - no longer. - Attitude toward property is communistic... negating property rights. / The de jure US once recognized alodial freehold with perfect property rights. - Attitude toward law is that the will of the majority shall regulate, whether it is based upon deliberation or governed by passion, prejudice, and impulse, without restraint or regard to consequences. / The de jure US was once based on the premise of law with all legislature, judgments, and executions being in harmony therewith, negating government by deliberation, passion, prejudice, and impulse, without restraint or regard to consequences. - Result is demagogism, license, agitation, discontent, [chaos]. The de jure U.S. was once a Republic that was the antitheses of a Democracy.
 -- Mike, Norwalk		 
Joe, Los Angeles, said it well, thanks. The Jefferson quote he refers to is exactly right. The army manual quote is the best definition of democracy that I've seen.
 -- jim k, austin		 
If only the founders could see us now...
 -- E Archer, NYC		 
.. Which is why America is a REPUBLIC (democracy based on PRINCIPLES that GUIDE the masses).
 -- Anonymous		 
There are no "principles" in a "Democracy" -- only the majority's choice of what will be. Majority rule, absolutely, with no exceptions -- this is Democracy. Whatever the majority decided to do at any one time, that is the only stipulation of legitimacy in a Democracy. While the majority can be "guided", this is not freedom; "guided" majorities end in groupthink, irrational individual choice (cultural choice theory), and loss of individual liberty. The supposition and education of good government must rest within the individual; groups cannot "reason", only individuals can (after all, there is really no such thing as a "group" without a culmination of individuals).
 -- Logan, Memphis, TN		 
well yeah.......America was created as a "free republic" with a representative style government....not a democracy. However, decades of education established by hardcore socialists and communists in this country have been moving us to believe something false.
 -- Freedom, The constitution state (CT)		 
This truly points out the distinct difference between a Republic and a Democracy. This country was founded on the principles of the individual, not the narcissism of the masses - something today's society has forgotten and the schools are not allowed to teach. If Jim in Olympia would go back, read and study the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, he would not have make such a knee jerk comment. Then again, maybe he is one of the Hussein Oblind masses that wants to "spread the wealth around". No Jim, you cannot have what is mine that I worked hard to get by my own efforts.
 -- Ric, Reno. NV		 
As a younger man, more interested in cars and girls, and tired of books, I distinctly remember being at the old Navy Arms store in Ridgefield New Jersey, (now New Hersey), and picking up an old copy of the US Training Manual from among other dusty books in a battered cardboard box, thumbing through it and coming to the passage quoted here. Many times in ensuing years I had wished I had plunked down the few bucks for the price of that copy so as to reference that passage. IT IS NO HOAX as much as knee jerk responders, ( and with the 'knee' reference I'm being kind), like Jim in Olympia want it to be. God bless the internet, this site, The U.S. Army and the United States.
 -- Larry, North Bergen		 
"I will now give the definition of the United States government for democracy, until it was changed back in the early thirties. The official definition was, and I quote the US Army Manual, 1928, quote, "Democracy: The worst form of government possible. Always leading to autocracy, tyranny, and slavery." In fact the Greeks had a name for the leader of a democracy. The name of a leader of a democracy, the proper name, is a tyrant. They first observed democracy in a place called Tyre. And they looked and saw the guy looked just like L.B.J. and they said, "He's a tyrant!" Tyranny is a synonym for democracy. The word has [the] exact same meaning. Democracy is the lynch mob in operation. Democracy says, "Whatever the majority wants it can have, ... whether it be moral or immoral. All you have to do is get the majority to support it and it's ok. Anything's ok if the majority supports you. If the majority wants to kill, killing's fine. If the majority wants to steal, stealing's fine. After all, the majority should rule!" Rule who? Oh, rule the minority. Obviously. Somebody's got to be ruled!" -- Dr. Stuart Crane
The above is a quote from Dr. Stuart Crane, an economist. This excerpt is a transcript of a small portion of his lecture, "Proofs of a Conspiracy", given in Southern California 1969. In researching this quote from the US Army Manual, 1928, I stumbled across Liberty Tree's web site and this thread of comments. I figured some of the readers may appreciate Dr. Crane's perspective. I am still searching for his source for his quote of the US Army Manual 1928. I presume it exists, and is accurate, since he was rather thorough in his fact gathering in many other instances from his several lectures.
 -- Anthony, Diamond Bar, California		 
The United States Constitution, Article 4 section 4 states: "The United States shall guarantee every state of the union a Republican form of governemnt". End of discussion. Democracy is 3 wolves and 2 sheep voting on what to have for dinner. In a republic, the sheep and wolves first write a law that states that wolves will not be shot or trapped and sheep will not be eaten. Then they sit down and vote on what to have for dinner. Rule of law is supreme over the will of the majority. Minorities are protected from an abusive majority. All parties are equal under the law. That is the safeguard of a Republic over a Democracy.
 -- Nolan, Eagar, Arizona		 
this is ONLY THE FIRST OF TWO PARTS in the manual, people. the other half describes REPUBLIC. the point this manual was making is that there is a vast difference between the two. in 1928, when this was written, the ISS (formed in 1905) has been muddling the term. it became a euphemism for 'socialism.' the term democracy has no meaning. you must have the speaker DEFINE what he means by it, which is what this army manual was doing. now, go look up the next section of the manual, which is what AMERICA stands for. don't be ignorant. and read YOUR CONSTITUTION!!!
 -- KLTL, COLORAD		 
I think Jim is either ignorant or a liar. This is the truth. Google books has " Social attitudes of American generals, 1898-1940 By Richard Carl Brown " Which quotes the manuals. I think some old ROTC manuals have similar info. We've just been lied to for so long, folks don't know what to believe, so they just watch teevee, the worst option of all....
 -- Ken, Franklin Park		 
I am glad someone is getting the truth about democracy out.
 -- The Devil, Las Vegas, Nevada		 
The home grown communists in our government have had an agenda for at least the past 100+ years. That agenda was and still is to change the history of America, so that we Americans can become slaves to the New world order. I suggest you Google Norman Dodd and watch his video on Tax exempt foundations circa 1953. . .
 -- David, Fredericksburg		 
I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic ....... Any questions?
 -- Root, Reedville		 
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