Quote by Chuck Colson on Democracy

Pure democracy was what some of our Founders feared most, shocking though it might sound to some. To them, the tyranny of the masses was no less a danger than the tyranny of the monarch. They knew that people are swayed by fads and fashion, or by demagogues playing on the passions of the moment. That is why John Adams wrote that unbridled democracy would lead to "everlasting fluctuations, revolts and horrors, finally requiring police action to impose order." ~Chuck Colson