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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
BIOGRAPHY:Columbia Encyclopedia
 
 
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