Quote #9830
There is no such thing as an underestimate of average intelligence. +10
Category Archives: Henry Adams
Quote #9815
The effect of power and publicity on all men is the aggravation of self,...
Quote #9816
Practical politics consists in ignoring facts. +3-3
Quote #9817
It is impossible to underrate human intelligence–beginning with one’s own. +40
Quote #9818
Politics, as a practice, whatever its professions, has always been the systematic organization of...
Quote #9819
A friend in power is a friend lost. +4-1
Quote #9820
No one means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean,...