"The government you elect is the government you deserve." - Thomas Jefferson.
It's hard to reconcile though when you don't vote for (or preference) the ****ers (of either major stripe), and I know Jefferson's quote is a collective "you", but I'm shaking my fist in fury at Canberra* this week. (Well, most weeks, if I'm honest.)
* dogwatch is exempted from my Canberra-directed invective