Quote by Murray N. Rothbard... Every TYRANNY must necessarily be grounded upon general popular acceptance. In short, the bulk of the people themselves, for whatever reason, acquiesce in their own subjection...

"Every TYRANNY must necessarily be grounded upon general popular acceptance. In short, the bulk of the people themselves, for whatever reason, acquiesce in their own subjection. If this were not the case, no tyranny, indeed no governmental rule, could long endure. Hence, a government does not have to be popularly elected to enjoy general public support; for general public support is in the very nature of all governments that endure, including the most oppressive of tyrannies. The tyrant is but one person, and could scarcely command the obedience of another person, much less of an entire country, if most of the subjects did not grant their obedience by their own consent."

Murray N. Rothbard (1926-1995)

Note:
Taken from his 1975 introduction for Harry Kurz's translation of Étienne de La Boétie's essay The Discourse on Voluntary Servitude (Discours de la servitude volontaire).

See link for entire book (English), download free per courtesy of Ludwig von Mises...
https://mises.org/library/politics-obedience-discourse-voluntary-servitude