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

Quote by Henry Brooks Adams

Topics: Power Quotes

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

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

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 friend in power is a friend lost.

A friend in power is a friend lost.

Morality is a private and costly luxury

Morality is a private and costly luxury

A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell, where his influence stops.

A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell, where his influence stops.

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...

Young men have a passion for regarding their elders as senile

Young men have a passion for regarding their elders as senile

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

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

Absolute liberty is absence of restraint; responsibility is restraint; therefore, the ideally free individual is...

Absolute liberty is absence of restraint; responsibility is restraint; therefore, the ideally free individual is...

In practice, such trifles as contradictions in principle are easily set aside; the faculty of...

In practice, such trifles as contradictions in principle are easily set aside; the faculty of...

They know enough who know how to learn.

They know enough who know how to learn.

Politics are a very unsatisfactory game.

Politics are a very unsatisfactory game.

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

Mormonism is the pure doctrine of Jesus Christ; of which I myself am not ashamed.

Mormonism is the pure doctrine of Jesus Christ; of which I myself am not ashamed.

A faith is something you die for, a doctrine is something you kill for. There...

A faith is something you die for, a doctrine is something you kill for. There...

Beneath all differences of doctrine or discipline there exists a fundamental agreement as to the...

Beneath all differences of doctrine or discipline there exists a fundamental agreement as to the...