A man must now swallow more belief than he can digest.

Quote by Henry Brooks Adams

Topics: Belief Quotes

Some day science may have the existence of mankind in power, and the human race...

Some day science may have the existence of mankind in power, and the human race...

What one knows is, in youth, of little moment; they know enough who know how...

What one knows is, in youth, of little moment; they know enough who know how...

Power is poison. Its effect on Presidents had always been tragic.

Power is poison. Its effect on Presidents had always been tragic.

Law is merely the expression of the will of the strongest for the time being,...

Law is merely the expression of the will of the strongest for the time being,...

Morality is a private and costly luxury

Morality is a private and costly luxury

No one means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean

No one means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean

No man likes to have his intelligence or good faith questioned, especially if he has...

No man likes to have his intelligence or good faith questioned, especially if he has...

The work of internal government has become the task of controlling the thousands of fifth-rate...

The work of internal government has become the task of controlling the thousands of fifth-rate...

Politics, as a practice, whatever its professions, has always been the systematic organization of hatreds.

Politics, as a practice, whatever its professions, has always been the systematic organization of hatreds.

You can't use tact with a Congressman! A Congressman is a hog! You must take...

You can't use tact with a Congressman! A Congressman is a hog! You must take...

The People of Virginia declare and make known that the powers granted under the Constitution...

The People of Virginia declare and make known that the powers granted under the Constitution...

Politics are a very unsatisfactory game.

Politics are a very unsatisfactory game.

Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit

Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit

Nothing in education is so astonishing as the amount of ignorance it accumulates in the...

Nothing in education is so astonishing as the amount of ignorance it accumulates in the...

All taxation is an evil, but heavy taxes, indiscriminately levied on every everything are one...

All taxation is an evil, but heavy taxes, indiscriminately levied on every everything are one...

I tell you the solemn truth, that the doctrine of the Trinity is not so...

I tell you the solemn truth, that the doctrine of the Trinity is not so...

Politics... have always been the systematic organization of hatreds.

Politics... have always been the systematic organization of hatreds.

If you want to kill any idea in the world, get a committee working on...

If you want to kill any idea in the world, get a committee working on...

I must not write a word to you about politics, because you are a woman.

I must not write a word to you about politics, because you are a woman.

The average educated man in America has about as much knowledge of what a political...

The average educated man in America has about as much knowledge of what a political...