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| Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989. |
| NUMBER: | 1797 |
| AUTHOR: | Alexis de Tocqueville (1805–59) |
| QUOTATION: | 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. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | ALEXIS DE TOCQUEVILLE, Democracy in America, ed. J. P. Mayer, trans. George Lawrence, vol. 1, part 2, chapter 5, p. 210 (1969). Originally published in 1835–1840. |
| SUBJECTS: | Taxation |
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