They rejected monarchy, certainly- only one can handle it with out abusing the power. (This is why one of the rallying cries of the American Revolution was, "We have no king but Jesus!" But they also rejected the 'tyranny of the majority' that a democracy becomes.
This is what really grabbed my attention: The Founding Fathers said the same thing!
https://ammo.com/articles/founding-fathers-quotes-democracy-government-power-in-people
They rejected monarchy, certainly- only one can handle it with out abusing the power. (This is why one of the rallying cries of the American Revolution was, "We have no king but Jesus!" But they also rejected the 'tyranny of the majority' that a democracy becomes.