Law is merely the expression of the will of the strongest for the time being, and therefore laws have no fixity, but shift from generation to generation

Quote by Henry Brooks Adams

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A friend in power is a friend lost.

A friend in power is a friend lost.

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

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

Thank God, I never was cheerful. I come from the happy stock of the Mathers,...

Thank God, I never was cheerful. I come from the happy stock of the Mathers,...

One friend in a lifetime is much; two are many; three hardly possible.

One friend in a lifetime is much; two are many; three hardly possible.

The effect of power and publicity on all men is the aggravation of self, a...

The effect of power and publicity on all men is the aggravation of self, a...

It is impossible to underrate human intelligence - beginning with one's own.

It is impossible to underrate human intelligence - beginning with one's own.

Morality is a private and costly luxury

Morality is a private and costly luxury

Politics are a very unsatisfactory game.

Politics are a very unsatisfactory game.

I am an anarchist in politics and an impressionist in art as well as a...

I am an anarchist in politics and an impressionist in art as well as a...

There is no such thing as an underestimate of average intelligence.

There is no such thing as an underestimate of average intelligence.

You say that love is nonsense....I tell you it is no such thing. For weeks...

You say that love is nonsense....I tell you it is no such thing. For weeks...

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...

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...

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...

The effect of power and publicity on all men is the aggravation of self, a...

The effect of power and publicity on all men is the aggravation of self, a...

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

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

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

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

People do not believe lies because they have to, but because they want to

People do not believe lies because they have to, but because they want to

The goal of modern propaganda is no longer to transform opinion but to arouse an...

The goal of modern propaganda is no longer to transform opinion but to arouse an...

I have always noticed that deeply and truly religious persons are fond of a joke,...

I have always noticed that deeply and truly religious persons are fond of a joke,...