One Person can make the Difference

It was Thomas Carlyle who believed that one person could change the course of events in history. He strongly believed that it was because of the individuals’ greatness that led the people into their outcomes, not historical circumstances, which Carl Marx would argue. Napoleon Bonaparte is a perfect example of individual greatness. Carlyle said, “It is not a lucky word, this name "impossible"; no good comes of those who have it so often in their …

…took one person in charge to make these events possible. You cannot possibly believe that these events were bound to happen sooner or later and that these men “accidentally” stumbled upon them and used them to their advantages. These people rose to power and used it to manipulate the people to carry out their goals. Therefore, everything that happened in these times happened because they made them happen, not because they were intended to happen.