The work of internal government has become the task of controlling the thousands of fifth-rate men.

Quote by Henry Brooks Adams

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They know enough who know how to learn.

They know enough who know how to learn.

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 are a very unsatisfactory game.

Politics are a very unsatisfactory game.

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

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

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 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 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

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...

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.

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.

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...

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

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

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,...

Young men have a passion for regarding their elders as senile

Young men have a passion for regarding their elders as senile

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 was part of that strange race of people aptly described as spending their lives...

I was part of that strange race of people aptly described as spending their lives...

George Bush doesn't care about black people.

George Bush doesn't care about black people.