The People of Virginia declare and make known that the powers granted under the Constitution being derived from the People of the United States may be resumed by them whensoever the same shall be perverted to their injury or oppression…

Quote by Henry Brooks Adams

Topics: America And Americans Quotes, Constitution Quotes, People Quotes, Power Quotes

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...

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 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

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

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

Politics are a very unsatisfactory game.

Politics are a very unsatisfactory game.

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.

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...

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.

Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit

Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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

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

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...

Morality is a private and costly luxury

Morality is a private and costly luxury

Give us the luxuries of life, and we will dispense with its necessaries

Give us the luxuries of life, and we will dispense with its necessaries

Don't handicap your children by making their lives easy.

Don't handicap your children by making their lives easy.

His morality is all sympathy, just what morality should be

His morality is all sympathy, just what morality should be