If “except for all the others” only includes those that have been tried, then I mostly agree.
The original wording of that quote indeed was “No one pretends that democracy is perfect or all-wise. Indeed, it has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all those other forms that have been tried from time to time.”
The original wording of that quote indeed was “No one pretends that democracy is perfect or all-wise. Indeed, it has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all those other forms that have been tried from time to time.”
Hmm, yeah, I thought I remembered that quote having such a clause.