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Politics4 quotes
Politics, as a practice, whatever its professions, had always been the systematic organization of hatreds. — Henry Adams · 1907Modern politics is, at bottom, a struggle not of men but of forces. — Henry Adams · 1907Practical politics consists in ignoring facts. — Henry Adams · 1907Knowledge of human nature is the beginning and end of political education. — Henry Adams · 1907Political theory3 quotes
Politics, as a practice, whatever its professions, had always been the systematic organization of hatreds. — Henry Adams · 1907Modern politics is, at bottom, a struggle not of men but of forces. — Henry Adams · 1907Knowledge of human nature is the beginning and end of political education. — Henry Adams · 1907Influence on others2 quotes
A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops. — Henry Adams · 1907The difference is slight, to the influence of an author, whether he is read by five hundred readers, or by five hundred thousand; if he can select the five hundred, he reaches the five hundred thousand. — Henry Adams · 1907American Presidency1 quote
The progress of evolution from President Washington to President Grant, was alone evidence enough to upset Darwin. — Henry Adams · 1907American decline1 quote
The progress of evolution from President Washington to President Grant, was alone evidence enough to upset Darwin. — Henry Adams · 1907Chaos1 quote
Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit. — Henry Adams · 1907Disenchanted world1 quote
All the steam in the world could not, like the Virgin, build Chartres. — Henry Adams · 1907Downsides of education1 quote
Nothing in education is so astonishing as the amount of ignorance it accumulates in the form of inert facts. — Henry Adams · 1907Downsides of progress1 quote
All the steam in the world could not, like the Virgin, build Chartres. — Henry Adams · 1907Education1 quote
Nothing in education is so astonishing as the amount of ignorance it accumulates in the form of inert facts. — Henry Adams · 1907Effects of fame1 quote
The effect of power and publicity on all men is the aggravation of self, a sort of tumor that ends by killing the victim's sympathies. — Henry Adams · 1907Effects of power1 quote
The effect of power and publicity on all men is the aggravation of self, a sort of tumor that ends by killing the victim's sympathies. — Henry Adams · 1907Fame1 quote
The effect of power and publicity on all men is the aggravation of self, a sort of tumor that ends by killing the victim's sympathies. — Henry Adams · 1907Friendship1 quote
One friend in a life-time is much; two are many; three are hardly possible. Friendship needs a certain parallelism of life, a community of thought, a rivalry of aim. — Henry Adams · 1907Great man theory of history1 quote
Modern politics is, at bottom, a struggle not of men but of forces. — Henry Adams · 1907Honesty1 quote
No one means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean, for words are slippery and thought is viscous. — Henry Adams · 1907Legacy1 quote
A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops. — Henry Adams · 1907Life experience1 quote
All experience is an arch, to build upon. — Henry Adams · 1907Limits of language1 quote
No one means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean, for words are slippery and thought is viscous. — Henry Adams · 1907Meaning of words1 quote
No one means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean, for words are slippery and thought is viscous. — Henry Adams · 1907Nature of politics1 quote
Politics, as a practice, whatever its professions, had always been the systematic organization of hatreds. — Henry Adams · 1907Order1 quote
Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit. — Henry Adams · 1907Order vs. chaos1 quote
Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit. — Henry Adams · 1907Personal growth1 quote
All experience is an arch, to build upon. — Henry Adams · 1907Political division1 quote
Politics, as a practice, whatever its professions, had always been the systematic organization of hatreds. — Henry Adams · 1907Power1 quote
The effect of power and publicity on all men is the aggravation of self, a sort of tumor that ends by killing the victim's sympathies. — Henry Adams · 1907Reconciliation1 quote
At best, the renewal of broken relations is a nervous matter. — Henry Adams · 1907Relationship challenges1 quote
At best, the renewal of broken relations is a nervous matter. — Henry Adams · 1907Self-improvement1 quote
All experience is an arch, to build upon. — Henry Adams · 1907Teachers and students1 quote
A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops. — Henry Adams · 1907