“ Politics, as a practise, whatever its professions, has always been the systematic organization of hatreds. Henry Adams
“ From cradle to grave this problem of running order through chaos, direction through space, discipline through freedom, unity through multiplicity, has always been, and must always be, the task of educ… Henry Adams
“ Some day science may have the existence of mankind in power, and the human race can commit suicide by blowing up the world. Henry Adams
“ One friend in a lifetime 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
“ No man likes to have his intelligence or good faith questioned, especially if he has doubts about it himself. Henry Adams
“ I have written too much history to have faith in it and if anyone thinks I'm wrong, I am inclined to agree with him. Henry Adams
“ I am an anarchist in politics and an impressionist in art as well as a symbolist in literature. Not that I understand what these terms mean, but I take them to be all merely synonyms of pessimist. Henry Adams
“ The press is the hired agent of a monied system, and set up for no other purpose than to tell lies where their interests are involved. One can trust nobody and nothing. Henry Adams
“ Friendship needs a certain parallelism of life a community of thought a rivalry of aim. Henry Adams
“ Politics, as a practice, whatever its professions, has always been the systematic organization of hatreds. Henry Adams
“ Adams's diplomatic victory was Napoleonic in its magnitude and completeness, Even Caulaincourt, whom he overthrew, good-naturedly congratulated him after he had succeeded,against Caulaincourts utmost… Henry Adams
“ No man means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean, for words are slippery and thought is viscous. Henry Adams
“ Evolution of mind was altogether another matter and belonged to another science, but whether one traced descent from the shark or the wolf was immaterial even in morals. This matter had been discussed… Henry Adams
“ He never labored so hard to learn a language as he did to hold his tongue, and it affected him for life. The habit of reticence — of talking without meaning — is never effaced. Henry Adams
“ One had heard and read a great deal about death, and even seen a little of it, and knew by heart the thousand commonplaces of religion and poetry which seemed to deaden one's senses and veil the horro… Henry Adams
“ A parent gives life, but as parent, gives no more. A murderer takes life, but his deed stops there. A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops. Henry Adams
