[Dr.Deth]

Another wise man said that Democracy is the system of government that ensures that the people will get the government they deserve.

"Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want and deserve to get it good and hard."
- H. L. Mencken

[oblomov]

Kommodor was thinking of Joseph de Maistre:

Toute nation a le gouvernement qu’elle mérite.

Trans.: Every nation gets the government it deserves.

Letter 76, on the topic of Russia’s new constitutional laws (27 August 1811); published in Lettres et Opuscules. The English translation has several variations, including “Every country has the government it deserves” and “In a democracy people get the leaders they deserve.” The quote is popularly misattributed to better-known commentators such as Alexis de Tocqueville and Abraham Lincoln.

https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Joseph_de_Maistre