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

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Politics are a very unsatisfactory game.

Politics are a very unsatisfactory game.

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

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,...

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

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...

Young men have a passion for regarding their elders as senile

Young men have a passion for regarding their elders as senile

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.

Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit

Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit

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...

All taxation is an evil, but heavy taxes, indiscriminately levied on every everything are one...

All taxation is an evil, but heavy taxes, indiscriminately levied on every everything are one...

Practical politics consists in ignoring facts.

Practical politics consists in ignoring facts.

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...

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...

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 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...

They can be cranky, bewildered, giddy, frustrated and sometimes moved to violence. In short, they...

They can be cranky, bewildered, giddy, frustrated and sometimes moved to violence. In short, they...

Regan and George W Bush put the United States in more debt than all the...

Regan and George W Bush put the United States in more debt than all the...

I also wish that the Pledge of Allegiance were directed at the Constitution and the...

I also wish that the Pledge of Allegiance were directed at the Constitution and the...

When dealing with people, remember you are not dealing with creatures of logic, but with...

When dealing with people, remember you are not dealing with creatures of logic, but with...

Property may be destroyed and money may lose its purchasing power; but character, health, knowledge...

Property may be destroyed and money may lose its purchasing power; but character, health, knowledge...