... his philosophical views, Frank Zappa stated: "I believe that people have a right to decide their own destinies; people own themselves. I also believe that, in a democracy, government exists because (and only so long as) individual citizens give it a 'temporary license to exist' — in exchange for a promise that it will behave itself. In a democracy, you own the government — it doesn't own you."

Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Zappa