John Adams' Quote

John Adams was our second president of the United States and he states “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 is a really wordy and confusing quote and it really makes our class think out of the box. So trying to understand this I had to look up the words that I didn’t understand.  An aristocracy means that they are the “highest class in certain societies, especially those holding hereditary titles or offices” A monarchy “is a system of government in which one person reigns, usually a king or queen”. So I think that the quote is saying that while democracy is still is in our country it is basically just going to destroy itself and it also says that there has never been a democracy that hasn’t already killed itself. Although, this is only one person’s feelings it is still a very strong opinion and is obviously pretty popular and well liked since I am writing a 400 word blog about it. It is also saying that democracy is a way worse thing than aristocracy (highest class) and monarchy (kings and queens). So if we have democracy for as long as the people think we will then the democracy will basically just kill itself off because the democracy in our country is basically doing that already. I wonder what our Four Fathers think about how our government and democracy runs now. I think that this was a good quote from John Adams and was smart for people like him to realize so early in life rather than figuring it out now when it is almost too late.  John Adams was an American Founding Father; Adams was a statesman, diplomat, and a leading advocate of American independence from Great Britain. He was already a Vice President in the White House before he was president which really helps because he probably knew what he was doing when he got into the Presidents spot. Thomas Jefferson was also John Adams’ Vice President so that means right after John Adams time was done then Thomas Jefferson was president because he was the third presidents of the United States. It is really nice that these Presidents got to experience both spots in the White House.