Answer: In the Federalist Papers, James Madison states that democracies "have in general been as short in their lives, as they have been violent in their deaths".
Explanation: The Federalist Papers is a collection of more than 80 articles written by James Madison, Alexander Hamilton and John Jay and published in 1787 and 1788. The main objective of the authors was to encourage the ratification of the U.S Constitution. In one his articles, "Federalist 10", Madison states that democracies "have in general been as short in their lives, as they have been violent in their deaths".