Alexis de Tocqueville Quote

A democratic government is the only one in which those who vote for a tax can escape the obligation to pay it.


Chapter XIII. - Democracy in America, Volume I (1835) - Chapter X-XIV


A democratic government is the only one in which those who vote for a tax can escape the obligation to pay it.

A democratic government is the only one in which those who vote for a tax can escape the obligation to pay it.

A democratic government is the only one in which those who vote for a tax can escape the obligation to pay it.

A democratic government is the only one in which those who vote for a tax can escape the obligation to pay it.