[royalcello]

A king has a better motivation--he hopes to leave the kingdom in good shape for his successor, who is usually his son. A president, not bound by family ties, has no reason to care about his successor. Somehow I doubt you feel that Clinton governed "wisely and justly."

Read Hans-Hermann Hoppe's "Democracy--The God that Failed." He's not a monarchist, but argues persuasively that if one must have a state, monarchy is preferable to democracy.