Quotes by Henry B Adams

The progress of evolution from President Washington to President Grant was alone evidence to upset...

#Henry B Adams

The press is the hired agent of a monied system, and set up for no...

#Henry B Adams

The American President resembles the commander of a ship at sea. He must have a...

#Henry B Adams

Susceptibility to the highest forces is the highest genius.

#Henry B Adams

Simplicity is the most deceitful mistress that ever betrayed man.

#Henry B Adams

Power when wielded by abnormal energy is the most serious of facts.

#Henry B Adams

Philosophy: Unintelligible answers to insoluble problems.

#Henry B Adams

Only on the edge of the grave can man conclude anything.

#Henry B Adams

No man, however strong, can serve ten years as schoolmaster, priest, or Senator, and remain...

#Henry B Adams

No man means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean, for...

#Henry B Adams

Morality is a private and costly luxury.

#Henry B Adams

Knowledge of human nature is the beginning and end of political education.

#Henry B Adams