A residual monarchy that acts on behalf of the entire population, regardless of wealth, race, or religion is the best form of government. When hereditary monarchs can act as a social conscience without intervening in politics and an elected parliament can govern the country without the need for glamor or prestige, the ideal is. When you separate glamor and politics, what you get is a constitutional monarchy which is the best form of government. Thomas Aquinas talks about the ups and downs of government and what power can do to humanity in his political prose De Regno - On Kinship. "... As the government of a king is the best, so the government of a tyrant is the worst. ... Because democracy is in opposition to politics, since both are governments carried on by many people, as is clear from what has already been said; while oligarchy is the opposite of aristocracy, since both are governments governed by a few people; and kingship is the opposite of tyranny since both are exercised by one person above, monarchy is the best government. If therefore "the opposite of the best is the worst", it follows that tyranny is the worst kind of government" (Aquinas) also speaks of the importance of a governing figure , states that people need someone to look up to in order to succeed. Thomas Aquinas believes in the words of his predecessors that man is only as strong as the man he looks up to. He believes that the importance of an authority figure is crucial to the survival of a just society. “. Likewise, the body of a man or any other animal would disintegrate if there were not within the body a general force that watches over the common good of all the members. With that in mind, Solomon said… middle of paper… for me. Does a rose by any other name still smell so sweet? When a monarchy can be redesigned and adapted to the needs and rights of the people, this flower truly smells sweeter. An evolutionary monarchy, the constitutional monarchy that we Canadians have developed and accepted, is truly the best form of government. As Canadians, we have pride in our past, patience in our present and faith in our future, with our heritage and our choice. A constitutional monarchy, like representative government in Canada today, is the best form of government.Work cited.Aristotle. Republic of Aquinas. On KinshipBagehot, Walter. The English Constitution, 1867. (Retrieved from http://oll.libertyfund.org/?option=com_staticxt&staticfile=show.php%3Ftitle=2196)Dante - De MonarchiaThe website of the British monarchy (2014). (Retrieved from: http://www.royal.gov.uk/)