“The experience of all former ages had shown that of all human governments, democracy was the most unstable, fluctuating and short-lived.” - John Quincy Adams
“Democracies have ever been spectacles of turbulence and contention;have ever been found incompatible with personal security or the rights of property; and have, in general, been as short in their lives as they have been violent in their deaths.” - James Madison
Democracy is the most vile form of government - James Madison
Democracy is two wolves and a sheep voting on what’s for dinner.
You’re being defensive.
The quote is, without a doubt, a stitching together of writings, based on multiple sources. I could care less.
I’m not criticizing the quote nor you as OP; the article is stupid and, from one POV, KE is doing exactly what it was intended to do.