Absalom "spoke of many changes he would make in the way the kingdom is run. Although he did not seem to notice it, he had stated two irreconcilable propositions: many changes, more freedom..." (65).
"Absalom dreams. Dreams of what should be, of what will be: 'This is what I will do,' he says. But to fulfill those dreams, he must have the people's cooperation. Ah this is the point often overlooked. Such dreams rest totally on the premise that the people of God will follow the new leader, that all will see as he sees. Such men as Absalom can envision no problems in their own future kingdom..."
"What will Absalom do when people stop following him willingly? Ah now there is a question..."
"Will he still be determined to put all his dreams into being? If so, then Absalom has but one recourse: dictatorship."
