Democracy: The worst form of government except for all the others. Exactly. Only in this least bad worst form of government can "Ambition ... be made to counteract ambition." Madison, Federalist 51. Bad men and women rule because behind them there are even worse men and women. In Democracies bad men and women will always rise to the top but they will rarely stay there.
Democracy: The worst form of government except for all the others. Exactly. Only in this least bad worst form of government can "Ambition ... be made to counteract ambition." Madison, Federalist 51. Bad men and women rule because behind them there are even worse men and women. In Democracies bad men and women will always rise to the top but they will rarely stay there.