Bolívar interpreted the Enlightenment ideals of democratic choice in his own way, questioning liberalism and its basic principles. Bolívar emerged as a classical republican, believing that the state was more important than the individual or individual rights. Bolívar brought a practical approach to his political philosophy and felt that rules could be broken to realize a certain goal. While he supported the ideals of the American Revolution, he did not think that democratic rule would work for the people of South America. Read the excerpt and answer the following question. What ideal of the American Revolution did Bolívar think would not work for South America? democracy individualism liberalism republicanism