The quote, however historically accurate, applies to Democracies. This is exactly why James Madison and his co-Founders created a representative republic and not a Democracy. It is why our Constitution provides limits not just between the branches of the Federal government but between the Federal, State, and Local governments--and why it is critically important that, in our system, citizens' rights and freedoms are inherent, not granted by the government. We decide which to yield to the Federal government.

Unfortunately, "we" are deciding continually to give up our rights and freedoms in exchange for false "security." This statement seems more and more applicable today (2019) with the rise of the false promise of Democratic Socialism, a system which has never worked in any nation.