John Adams: A Character Sketch

By Library of Congress

In the building of a house, one man must be supreme. The plan must be the product of one mind; if there are suggestions of other minds as to plan and details, they are accepted or rejected, so that one mind finally arranges all. If the owner of the house chooses to leave the matter to an architect after telling him in general what he wants, the architect's one mind perfects plan and details. We often speak of the building of a state, and compare a state to a grand structure, a house, or temple. But the constitution of a state is never the work of one man. Even if a man is called an absolute ruler, an autocrat, czar, emperor, or tyrant, he really cannot do everything at his own will. Even in Turkey and Persia the sultan and shah find that men cannot be moved as if they were chessmen or checkermen. It has been said that Russia is an autocracy, tempered by assassination. Revolt and revolution dog the steps of tyranny.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1522923284
• ISBN13: 9781522923282
• Release Date: December 2015
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 174 Pages
• Weight: 0.53 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"