Democracies have ever been spectacles of turbulence and contention; have ever been found incompatible with personal security, or the rights of property; have...

Democracies have ever been spectacles of turbulence and contention; have ever been found incompatible with personal security, or the rights of property; have in general been as short in their lives as they are violent in their deaths.

James Madison in Federalist Papers
Submitted by Lucian Velea
Vote! | Copy!