Better to to appear Quixotic to fools than Egalitarian in the American / French and modern Western sense.

St. Thomas Aquinas writes regarding the ideal:

“One of the principal things to be considered,” Thomas wrote, “with regard to the good establishment of princes [rulers] is that all should have some part in the government; for in this way peace is preserved amongst the people, and all are pleased with such a disposition of things and maintain it.

“The next thing to be considered is the form of government, of which there are principally two kinds:

“A Kingdom, in which one rules, and an Aristocracy, in which a few exercise the authority.

“The best form is that in which one rules over all, and under him there are others having authority, but the government pertains to all, because those who exercise authority can be chosen from all and are chosen by all. 

“Hence the best government is a mixture of a Kingdom, of Aristocracy and of Democracy, i.e., of the power of the people, inasmuch as the rulers can be chosen from the people, and the election of the rulers belongs to the people.” — 1a 2ae, question 105, article first.

+ Traditional Catholic Monarchy. Why it existed.

+ Add to this the principles of Magna Carta, 1215

+ Rerum Novarum. On Capital and Labor, Pope Leo XIII

+ On Socialism – Pope Leo XIII – 1878

+ Pope Pius XI: On Atheistic Communism

“Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God…

For salvation is nearer to us now than when we first believed; ¹² the night is far gone, the day is at hand. Let us then cast off the works of darkness and put on the armor of light; ¹³ let us conduct ourselves becomingly as in the day, not in reveling and drunkenness, not in debauchery and licentiousness, not in quarreling and jealousy. ¹⁴ But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to gratify its desires.” –Rom.13

But as pertaining to the teachings and commandments of the LORD, “we ought to obey God rather than men” (Acts 5:29).