Quote by Henry Adams
A friend in power is a friend lost. - Henry Adams

A friend in power is a friend lost. – Henry Adams

Other quotes by Henry Adams

Politics, as a practice, whatever its professions, has always been the systematic organization of hatreds. – Henry Adams

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Everyone carries his own inch rule of taste, and amuse himself by applying it, triumphantly, wherever he travels. – Henry Adams

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I am concerned about how to reverse the process by which a fundamentalist right and a corporate elite were able to seize power in the United States. – Todd Gitlin

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The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse. – Edmund Burke

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Liberty may be endangered by the abuse of liberty, but also by the abuse of power. – James Madison

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The race of mankind would perish did they cease to aid each other. We cannot exist without mutual help. All therefore that need aid have a right to ask it from their fellow-men and no one who has the power of granting can refuse it without guilt. – Walter Scott

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Take care that you do not despise one of these little ones; for I tell you, in heaven their angels continually see the face of my Father. Matthew 18:10 – Bible

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You must accept responsibility for your actions, but not the credit for your achievements. – Denis Waitley

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