John Adams Democracy Quote

John Adams said “Democracy ... while it lasts, is more bloody than either aristocracy or monarchy. Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts and murders itself. There was never a democracy that did not commit suicide.” This quote that John Adams said is very true. Democracy is a government where the people are in control. When people are in control not everyone will agree on the same things. This leads to fighting and a lot of time wasted in trying to find a compromise that everyone can agree on rather than trying to fix other important problem. Even when a compromise is made there will still be people that are not happy with the results, but can not do anything about it once it is done. Monarchy is a government controlled by one or two people, which would be a king or a queen. Monarchy was the most common form of government before the 19^th century. People do not have any kind of say in a monarchy. Whatever the king or queen wants to do they can do it, and the people can argue all they want but it will never change. When the king or queen, makes a new law the people know they can not do anything about it, so they just deal with it and move on with their life. Aristocracy is a government where people in the highest class of society normally holding hereditary titles or offices have the most power in decisions. It is very close to monarchy other than there is a group that has power instead of a single person. There are hardly ever arguments that are heard of in a monarchy and aristocracy, but in a democracy there are always arguments that are going on. All of these types of governments have goods and bads about them. In a democracy, the government gets to hear what the views on a problem are by the people, which help them find a way to fix it. In aristocracy and monarchy the rulers get to choose what they want and the people do not get a choice in it. This could make the people angry and they could end up rebelling.