Is There an Ideal Form of Government?

Will any form of govermnent ever be perfect? Is America really the ideal form? Will the needs of man ever be satisfied? Well, no. Since men are imperfect beings they can never form a perfect form of ruling their fellow men. Well then, what is the best form? St. Thomas Aquinas provides this answer: a constitutional monarchy
In this quotation St. Thomas outlines the ideal government,
"Two points are to be observed concerning the right ordering of rulers in a state or nation. One is that all should take some share in the government: for this form of constitution ensures peace among the people, commends itself to all, and is most enduring, as stated in Polit. ii, 6. The other point is to be observed in respect of the kinds of government, or the different ways in which the constitutions are established. For whereas these differ in kind, as the Philosopher states (Polit. iii, 5), nevertheless the first place is held by the "kingdom," where the power of government is vested in one; and "aristocracy," which signifies government by the best, where the power of government is vested in a few. Accordingly, the best form of government is in a state or kingdom, where one is given the power to preside over all; while under him are others having governing powers: and yet a government of this kind is shared by all, both because all are eligible to govern, and because the rules are chosen by all. For this is the best form of polity, being partly kingdom, since there is one at the head of all; partly aristocracy, in so far as a number of persons are set in authority; partly democracy, i.e. government by the people, in so far as the rulers can be chosen from the people, and the people have the right to choose their rulers." (Summa Theologica 1a 2ae, question 105. )

After reading this quotation several questions could be asked.
Isn't a form of monarchy a quick ticket to tyranny like we have all been informed by our History teachers? Absolutely not. How about the governments of Charlamagne, St. Louis IX, St. Ferdinand III, and hundreds of other Catholic monarchs and rulers? I know we aren't in the Middle Ages, but the past proves that there is nothing wrong with power in the hands of the few and that it actually can be beneficial. Then one would object by asking, "What if an evil person were to be in the line of succession." That is why St. Thomas Aquinas says that a constitutional monarchy is the ideal government so if an evil person were succeed to the throne he would be limited. Why do alot of people oppose monarchy because they are afraid of an evil successor? Why aren't they afraid or why don't they question the successor to the Presidency, the Supreme Court, State senator, State representative, etc..... There are more opportunities for an evil succession in a Republic than in a constitutional monarchy. In addition as Catholics we should strive to be like Heaven in almost every possible way. In Heaven there is a monarchy. God is the monarch and Our Lady, the angels, and saints are the hierarchy. We should try to imitate this, but in a monarchy we wouldn't have a sole monarch due to original sin and men succeeding could fall. That is why it is a constitutional monarchy.
Why shouldn't we strive to make everything as much like Heaven as we can? Why not? You are right Heaven has a perfect ruler and you are right men have orginal sin and can fall. That is the ideal form of government is a CONSTITUTIONAL monarchy and not an ABSOLUTE monarchy.
Now what happened to that great dream of America? That flawless plan written by a group of men determined to set men free from the "tyranny" of monarchy? Didn't they promise us freedom and self-rule?
How do we rule ourselves? All Americans, whether we like it or not, pay taxes to support abortions, homosexual movements, contraceptives, and other immoralities.
How do we rule ourselves? Abortion was passed resulting in 47 million murders up to date.
How do we rule ourselves? We pay taxes on everything we buy. The reason we revolted against the English was to escape the taxes, but here we are and our colonies in the St. Thomas Islands for example pay taxation without representation.
How do we rule ourselves? Any government that would elect Bill Clinton(disgusting immoral, liberal, etc.) is fatally flawed.
How do we rule ourselves? The bill for suspending Habeus Corpus is sitting on the desk of President Bush just waiting for him to sign it to his pleasure.
How do we rule ourselves? All of the major decisions of America are settled by nine men on a bench.
How do we rule ourselves? They are inventing tiny computer chips to put in every American's body and so the government will be able to see every movement of every American.
Freedom?

My point is to see through what has been clouded and look at government to see what the ideal form of government is. This is, of course, just a personal opinion and I am not advocating rebellion against the United States government for such an idea is worthless. I guess we can only hold on and wait for the Reign of Christ and Our Lady and continue being good Catholics and stand up for what is right and go against what is wrong. As G.K. Chesterton said,"A dead thing can go with the stream, but only a living thing can go against it."
-J. Thomas