Quote by Henry Adams
Politics, as a practise, whatever its professions, has always been

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

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Nothing in education is so astonishing as the amount of ignorance it accumulates in the form of inert facts. – Henry Adams

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

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Their very conservatism is secondhand, and they dont know what they are conserving. – Robertson Davies

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Sometimes I wonder if we shall ever grow up in our politics and say definite things which mean something, or whether we shall always go on using generalities to which everyone can subscribe, and which mean very little. – Eleanor Roosevelt

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To balance China, the democracies will need new friends – and India with its fast-growing economy, youthful population, and democratic politics seems the obvious candidate. – David Frum

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Politics was my third act. But I could have a fourth. I dont know what that will be yet, but there will be one. – Gary Ackerman

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