Some day science may have the existence of mankind in power, and the human race can commit suicide by blowing up the world.

Quote by Henry Brooks Adams

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

Every man who has at last succeeded, after long effort, in calling up the divinity...

Every man who has at last succeeded, after long effort, in calling up the divinity...

They know enough who know how to learn.

They know enough who know how to learn.

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

Practical politics consists in ignoring facts.

Practical politics consists in ignoring facts.

Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit

Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit

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...

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.

It don't take a weather man to look around and see the weather, Jeb said...

It don't take a weather man to look around and see the weather, Jeb said...

A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason...

A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason...

The political lesson of Watergate is this: Never again must America allow an arrogant, elite...

The political lesson of Watergate is this: Never again must America allow an arrogant, elite...