Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
Lord Acton
The science of politics is the one science that is deposited by the streams of history, like the grains of gold in the sand of a river; and the... →
Politics, as a practice, whatever its profession, has always been the systematic organization of hatreds.
Brooks 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... →
Henry Adams
Practical politics consists in ignoring facts.
Politics, as a practise, whatever its professions, has always been the systematic organization of hatreds.
He too serves a certain purpose who only stands and cheers.
Politics are a very unsatisfactory game.
Politics... have always been the systematic organization of hatreds.
I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy.
John Adams