Political Writings of John Adams : Representative Selections

Adams, John; Peek, George A., Jr. (EDT)

ISBN 10: 0872206998 / ISBN 13: 9780872206991

Verlag: Hackett Publishing Company, Inc., 2003

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The fundamental article of my political creed, declared John Adams, is that despotism, or unlimited sovereignty, or absolute power is the same in a majority of a popular assembly, an aristocratical council, an oligarchical junto, and a single emperor. Equally arbitrary, cruel, bloody, and in every respect diabolical. The consequences of this article for Adams' thought are nowhere better articulated than in this anthology, which presents his remarkable attempts at constructing a complete political system based on constitutional, balanced, representative government.

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George A. Peek, Jr. was Professor Emeritus of Political Science, University of Michigan.

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Titel: Political Writings of John Adams : ...
Verlag: Hackett Publishing Company, Inc.
Erscheinungsdatum: 2003
Einband: Softcover
Zustand: good