The Government You Elect – Thomas Jefferson Quote

„The government you elect is the government you deserve.“

Thomas JeffersonThomas Jefferson's quote about citizens' responsibility for the government they elect.
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This quote by Thomas Jefferson emphasizes citizens' responsibility for the quality of their government.


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"If you vote and you elect dishonest, incompetent people into office who screw everything up, you are responsible for what they have done. You caused the problem; you voted them in; you have no right to complain" George Carlin
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"The government consists of a gang of men exactly like you and me. They have, taking one with another, no special talent for the business of government; they have only a talent for getting and holding office. Their principal device to that end is to search out groups who pant and pine for something they can't get and to promise to give it to them. Nine times out of ten that promise is worth nothing. The tenth time is made good by looting A to satisfy B. In other words, government is a broker in pillage, and every election is sort of an advance auction sale of stolen goods." Henry Louis Mencken
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