A democratic government is the only one in which those who vote for a …

Alexis de Tocqueville
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A democratic government is the only one in which those who vote for a tax can escape the obligation to pay it. ✨ Alexis de Tocqueville (2003). Democracy in America, p.708, Regnery Publishing
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