"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...We
may define a republic to be ... a government which derives all its powers directly or indirectly from the great body of the people,
and is administered by persons holding their offices during pleasure for a limited period, or during good behavior. It is essential
to such a government that it be derived from the great body of the society, not from an inconsiderable proportion or a favored
class of it; otherwise a handful of tyrannical nobles...might aspire to the rank of republican."
- James Madison, Federalist No. 10
James Madison warned about the dangers of democracies, in that
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A)
democracies are hard to define.
B)
the government would get its power from the people.
C)
democracies have short lives and are full of danger.
D)
the government would get powerful from a favored class.
Ok