The effect of power and publicity on all men is the aggravation of self, a sort of tumor that ends by killing the victim's sympathies

Quote by Henry Brooks Adams

Topics: Power Quotes, Publicity Quotes

Morality is a private and costly luxury

Morality is a private and costly luxury

Practical politics consists in ignoring facts.

Practical politics consists in ignoring facts.

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

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

Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit

Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit

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

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

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...

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 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...

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 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...

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...

It [love] is a disease to be born with patience, like any nervous complaint, and...

It [love] is a disease to be born with patience, like any nervous complaint, and...

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...

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.

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

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

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

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

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...

Loyal and efficient work in a great cause, even though it may not be immediately...

Loyal and efficient work in a great cause, even though it may not be immediately...

There is no work of genius which has not been the delight of mankind, no...

There is no work of genius which has not been the delight of mankind, no...