Insight into History (and Human Nature)

I came across interesting quotes about democracy on the Internet. Based on my knowledge about history, I have to admit the authors were amazingly insightful. Actually, this is not only true about democracy, but also about other forms of government/authorities. Why? Because it's based on human nature, which never changes:

"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.

Great nations rise and fall. The people go from bondage to spiritual truth, to great courage, from courage to liberty, from liberty to abundance, from abundance to selfishness, from selfishness to complacency, from complacency to apathy, from apathy to dependence, from dependence back again to bondage.

-- by unverified/unverifiable authors"

Agile is way of life

Having practiced Agile software development for almost 3 years, I don't think Agile is for software only, it's the way of life.