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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums"The government you elect---(or allow to be 'elected')---is the government you deserve." Thomas
Jefferson. (the parenthesis was my addition)
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"The government you elect---(or allow to be 'elected')---is the government you deserve." Thomas (Original Post)
Atticus
Sep 2021
OP
milestogo
(16,829 posts)1. Yeah it didn't sound like Thomas Aquinas.
mahatmakanejeeves
(56,883 posts)2. When did he say that? Just curious. Thanks. NT
Atticus
(15,124 posts)4. I can't find a reliable date for that exact quote but, judging by other similar things he was
speaking about the time, 1785 would be my guess.
Poiuyt
(18,087 posts)3. I don't believe that
Nobody deserves what we've been going through the last few years
WhiskeyGrinder
(22,145 posts)5. It's a shit take, no matter who said it.
Skittles
(152,963 posts)6. well, MOST of us voted for Hillary
so, that ain't necessarily true
snowybirdie
(5,190 posts)7. Blaming
the victim again. Don't believe Jefferson said this and disagree with the sentiment. How can a citizen disallow a government to be elected. Most folks are just trying to survive and don't have time to be activists.
Septua
(2,233 posts)8. We won't get who we deserve...
..if the GOP controlled state legislatures get the rules changed to suit them.