What difference does it make "who" said it, the UNITED STATES is NOT a democracy, it's a REPUBLIC!
A better question might be, "why in the hell is the US, as a "REPUBLIC", running around the world creating "democracies" in the first place???????
"We have been taught to believe that a democracy is the ideal form of government. Supposedly, that is what was created by the American Constitution. However, if you read the documents of the Founding Fathers who wrote the Constitution, you find that they spoke very poorly of Democracy. They said in plain English that a Democracy was one of the worst possible forms of government. (makes ya wonder why the heck we're so gung-ho about them, don't it?) And so they created what they called a Republic.
The bottom line is that the difference between a democracy and a Republic is the difference between collectivism and individualism.
In a pure Democracy, the concept is that the majority shall rule. That’s the end of the discussion.
You might say, "What’s wrong with that?" Well, there could be plenty wrong with that. What about a lynch mob? There is only one person with a dissenting vote, and he is the guy at the end of the rope.
Ah, wait a minute, you say. Maybe the majority should not always rule. How can we protect the individual from the group? Maybe the group could become dangerous. Perhaps we should put limits upon Democracy.
That is precisely what a Republic accomplishes.
A Republic is simply a limited democracy - a democracy with limits on what the group can do, with limits on what the majority can do. Republics are characterized by written constitutions that say the government - even though it represents the majority - shall not do this; the government shall not do that; and it shall be prevented from doing that, also. We have individual liberties and rights that stand higher and are more important than the group.
Sorry for the rant, but this is one of my pet-peeves, IN AMERICA, we ain't no damned democracy, we're a Republic.
Mike