[Iris7]

There were men in those days.

Speaking of General Stuart, Machiavelli said there were but three types of government, and Plato said that these three forms tended to cycle through Monarchy, Aristocracy, and Democracy in any given people. If the governments are bad, say Tyranny, Oligarchy, and Licentiousness (Machiavelli on this last).

So me, hoping for a King, a real one, like Robert the Bruce, or of the family of his heirs and successors - the Stuarts. Otto von Hapsburg would suit.

I'd be pleased with George Walker Bush.

[Valin]

The problem with a monarchy is it's based on the ridiculous notion that because your grandfather was a good ruler you'll be one.

"Democracy is the worst form of government, except all those other forms that have been tried from time to time".
Winston Churchill