[ProfessorGage]

“Democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There never was a democracy that did not commit suicide.”
John Adams

[ImpBill]

Thanks Prof.

I appreciate your additional input. So far many responses have been to debunk the sources, and then not comment on the context of the narrative.

[Eastbound]

"“Democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There never was a democracy that did not commit suicide.”
John Adams"

That's why they created a Representative Republic . . . NOT a democracy. Therefore, the premise is wrong if it is referring to America.

[MosesKnows]

Democracy never lasts long

The founders' wisdom mandated that America be a Republic and they purposely avoided democracy. Perhaps that is why the word "democracy" is never mentioned in the Constitution.