Tim Romano wrote: > > The so-called prose of several centuries is concerned with--or at least > your teachers will recommend it for --"sentence structure". (ABC of > Reading, ch. 8, "Basis"). > > The fundamental article of my political creed is that despotism, or > unlimited sovereignty, or absolute power, is the same in a majority of a > popular assembly, an aristocratic council, an oligarchical junto, and a > single emperor. > -- John Adams, Letter to Thomas Jefferson [November 13, 1815] > > Carrol, 'the majority of a popular assembly' can be another form of despotism. > Tim Romano Right! And its one of those points that makesd one kick oneself for not having seen it before. Oh well! I got a good early morning chuckle out of it. Carrol P.S. And the only text of Adams I own is, precisely, the Letters of Adams & Jefferson I haven't read it for years, however.