| Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989. | | | |
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| | | NUMBER: | 812 |
| AUTHOR: | Alexis de Tocqueville (1805–59) |
| QUOTATION: | 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, either because taxes cannot touch those who vote for them or because they are assessed in a way to prevent that. |
| 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: | Government spending |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia | | |
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