Max Brooks. (№ 451625)

Under totalitarian regimes - communism, fascism, religious fundamentalism - the support of the people is a given. You can start a war, keep the war going, dress everyone up in uniform for any amount of time and not worry about the backlash. In a democracy, the situation is diametrically opposite. The support of the people has to be cherished as a limited state resource. And spend wisely, carefully, with a return many times greater than the investment.