Use the following excerpt to answer the question.%0D%0A%0D%0A“The continuation of authority in one individual has frequently been the undoing of democratic governments. Repeated elections are essential in popular systems, because nothing is so dangerous as to permit a citizen to remain long in power. The people get used to obeying him and he gets used to commanding it, from which springs . . . tyranny.”%0D%0A%0D%0A— Simón Bolívar, Address to the Congress of Angostura, 1819%0D%0A%0D%0AWhat point is Simón Bolívar making about democratic governments?%0D%0A%0D%0A(1 point)%0D%0AResponses%0D%0A%0D%0ADemocratic governments are doomed to fail because they give too much authority to one leader.%0D%0A%0D%0ADemocratic governments are doomed to fail because they give too much authority to one leader.%0D%0A%0D%0ADemocratic governments should not let the citizens have power over the government for very long.%0D%0A%0D%0ADemocratic governments should not let the citizens have power over the government for very long.%0D%0A%0D%0ADemocratic governments work fine as long as the citizens always obey all elected leaders.%0D%0A%0D%0ADemocratic governments work fine as long as the citizens always obey all elected leaders.%0D%0A%0D%0ADemocratic governments must choose new leaders frequently to keep power in the hands of the people.

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Democratic governments must choose new leaders frequently to keep power in the hands of the people.