Explain what you think this quote means: "It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government, except all the others that have been tried"

I would decipher it as saying that while it is a " terrible " government, and it has flaws, out of all the others that have been tried, it is the best. So it's the best of the worst.

a.tensions between the colonial elites and the backcountry men of virginia.