Practical politics consists in ignoring facts.

Quote by Henry Brooks Adams

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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...

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

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

They know enough who know how to learn.

They know enough who know how to learn.

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

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

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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.

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...

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...

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...

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,...

Against them make ready your strength to the utmost of your power, including steeds of...

Against them make ready your strength to the utmost of your power, including steeds of...

Kinder the enemy who must malign us Than the smug friend who will define us

Kinder the enemy who must malign us Than the smug friend who will define us

Who is the bravest hero? He who turns his enemy into a friend

Who is the bravest hero? He who turns his enemy into a friend

Lord, defend me from my friends; I can account for my enemies

Lord, defend me from my friends; I can account for my enemies

The word Witch carries so many negative connotations that many people wonder why we use...

The word Witch carries so many negative connotations that many people wonder why we use...

The whole being of any Christian is faith and love. Faith brings the man to...

The whole being of any Christian is faith and love. Faith brings the man to...

I don't believe in anything and that makes me stronger than you think

I don't believe in anything and that makes me stronger than you think

War is the symptom, not the disease.

War is the symptom, not the disease.