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Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989.
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NUMBER:
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812 |
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AUTHOR:
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Alexis de Tocqueville (1805–59) |
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QUOTATION:
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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. |
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ATTRIBUTION:
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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. |
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SUBJECTS:
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Government spending |
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