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> [The debates of that great assembly are frequently vague and perplexed, seeming to be dragged rather than to march, to the intended goal. Something of this sort must, I think, always happen in public democratic assemblies.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexis-de-tocqueville/the-debates-of-that-great-assembly-are-frequently-vague-and-perplexed/)

[Alexis de Tocqueville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexis-de-tocqueville/)

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> [Once wide coercive powers are given to governmental agencies for particular purposes, such powers cannot be effectively controlled by democratic assemblies.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/friedrich-august-von-hayek/once-wide-coercive-powers-are-given-to-governmental-agencies-for/)

[Friedrich August von Hayek](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/friedrich-august-von-hayek/)

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