<span>Brief Translation:
Many leaders have tried, and will try in a world of sin and sadness. No-one pretends that voting is perfect. Yes, it has been said that voting is the worst type of government except all those other types that have been tried.
Basically he's saying that democracy (voting) is better than other ways to elect a government.</span>
The European country was Spain. Spanish conquistadors were the first to explore and map out Texas in 1519.