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

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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,...

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

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

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...

A friend in power is a friend lost.

A friend in power is a friend lost.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

In practice, such trifles as contradictions in principle are easily set aside; the faculty of...

In practice, such trifles as contradictions in principle are easily set aside; the faculty of...

Nothing in education is so astonishing as the amount of ignorance it accumulates in the...

Nothing in education is so astonishing as the amount of ignorance it accumulates in the...

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

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

Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit

Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit

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...

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...

Successful people make money. It's not that people who make money become successful, but that...

Successful people make money. It's not that people who make money become successful, but that...

Work is the order of the day, just as it was at one time, with...

Work is the order of the day, just as it was at one time, with...