On Democracy or Republic

"Pure 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." 
– James Madison, Federalist 10, 1787

Sow for yourselves righteousness;
reap steadfast love;
break up your fallow ground,
for it is the time to seek the Lord,
that he may come and rain righteousness upon you.
- Hosea 10.12

https://ref.ly/Ho10.12 
via the Logos Bible Android app.