[ChrisMarshallNY]

That's a fascinating treatise.

It also paints Charles in quite a good light. I assume that she wrote to please, but it also sounds like he was a genuinely good king.

I have heard that the best form of government is an absolute monarchy, and the worst form of government is an absolute monarchy.

[adsteel_]

"Many forms of Government have been tried, and will be tried in this world of sin and woe. No one pretends that democracy is perfect or all-wise. Indeed, it has been said that democracy is the worst form of Government except for all those other forms that have been tried from time to time...."

- Winston S. Churchill, 11 November 1947

[baxtr]

Re your last paragraph: can’t this be said about any form of government since there will be any kind of variation independent of form?

[taneq]

No. The best form of government is never a committee, but the worst form is seldom a committee.

[baxtr]

Fair enough. Makes sense!

[namenotrequired]

It means the variation in monarchy is higher. So the best monarchy is better than the best democracy, but the worst monarchy is worse than the worst democracy