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Vote Quotes by Alexis de Tocqueville
- Countries, therefore, when lawmaking falls exclusively to the lot of the poor cannot hope for much economy in public expenditure; expenses will always be considerable,…
- A democratic government is the only one in which those who vote for a tax can escape the obligation to pay it.
- I do not know if the people of the United States would vote for superior men if they ran for office, but there can be…
- In other words, a democratic government is the only one in which those who vote for a tax can escape the obligation to pay it.
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