[yldstrk]

whoever said that is beyond an idiot
You mean Jesus deserved Herod

peasants in Ukraine deserved Stalin

Uganda deserved Idi Amin Dada

I refuse to believe that

[sport]

I think it was Ben Franklin or Thomas Jefferson. It was a long time ago. It was in American History book, I think the lesson was about the importance of an independently informed citizenry.

And as far as I know, the complete verbiage was: In a Democracy, the people do not always get the Government they want, but they always get the Government they deserve.

Your argument is with them.

[Charles H. (The_r0nin)]

whoever said that is beyond an idiot
You mean Jesus deserved Herod

peasants in Ukraine deserved Stalin

Uganda deserved Idi Amin Dada

I refuse to believe that

To my knowledge, none of those were elected governments (which is what the Framers were speaking of... the same Framers that asserted that only a moral people could successfully maintain a republic).

[NFHale]

“...whoever said that is beyond an idiot...”

I believe a better re-phrasing is:

“You’ll get whatever government that you’re willing to put up with or unable to fight back against.”