Quote by Henry Adams
Practical politics consists in ignoring facts. - Henry Adams

Practical politics consists in ignoring facts. – Henry Adams

Other quotes by Henry Adams

The Indian Summer of life should be a little sunny and a little sad, like the season, and infinite in wealth and depth of tone, but never hustled. – Henry Adams

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Life
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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

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Trust
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I have written too much history to have faith in it and if anyone thinks Im wrong, I am inclined to agree with him. – Henry Adams

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Faith
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Other Quotes from
Politics
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I think to be in politics you have to have the taste for blood on that. – Moira Kelly

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Politics

But I think its quite clear in my work that my orientation isnt political or doesnt come out of modern politics. – Jane Campion

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Politics

Politics, n: [Poly “many” + tics “blood-sucking parasites”] – Larry Hardiman

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Politics

What politicians want to create is irreversible change because when you leave office someone changes it back again. – Estelle Morris

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Politics

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All literature is political. – LeVar Burton

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Yeah, maybe if we make that extra point we go into overtime … But if I make that last throw, thats what Brett Favre is all about. … When called upon, I expect to make those plays. So, yeah, I feel like I let this team down. – Brett Favre

When the superficial wearies me, it wearies me so much that I need an abyss in order to rest. – Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin #infj

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