"In a free-market economy, the consumer is king: labor unions don't run things, business people don't run things, bankers don't run things, politicians don't run things, but the success of a business depends on how people spend their money."
— Direct democracy

January 1, 1970

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Ron Paul, "Twitter Q&A With Ron Paul" (May 14, 2015) In response to the question "What is your opinion on direct democracy, where the citizens themselves make law, rather than elected representatives?"