Henry Brooks Adams (February 16, 1838 – March 27, 1918normally called Henry Adams) was an American journalist, historian, academic and novelist.
Some day science may have the existence of mankind in power, and the human race can commit suicide by blowing up the world. Use this quote
A friend in power is a friend lost. Use this quote
Power is poison. Its effect on Presidents had always been tragic. Use this quote
Power when wielded by abnormal energy is the most serious of facts. Use this 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. Use this quote
A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops. Use this quote
American society is a sort of flat, fresh-water pond which absorbs silently, without reaction, anything which is thrown into it. Use this quote
Everyone carries his own inch rule of taste, and amuses himself by applying it, triumphantly, wherever he travels. Use this quote
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. Use this quote
