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He too serves a certain purpose who only stands and cheers. - Henr

He too serves a certain purpose who only stands and cheers. – Henry Adams

Other quotes by Henry Adams

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

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Travel
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Henry Adams
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As for America, it is the ideal fruit of all your youthful hopes and reforms. Everybody is fairly decent, respectable, domestic, bourgeois, middle-class, and tiresome. There is absolutely nothing to revile except that its a bore. – Henry Adams

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America
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Some day science may have the existence of mankind in power, and the human race can commit suicide by blowing up the world. – Henry Adams

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power
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Henry Adams
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Other Quotes from
Politics
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On the contrary, the characteristic element of the present situation is that economic questions have finally and irrevocably invaded the domain of public life and politics. – Arthur Henderson

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Politics

My political science degree is always on the back-burner. I took my LSAT, so even if I want to take the LSAT again, I know what Im getting into. Ill keep it on the back-burner. Who knows, maybe with my popularity, I can have a career in politics with a law degree. I think itll work out either way. – Vinny Guadagnino

Category:
Politics

I think the rules are going to have to change for me to ever run for public office. My checkered past will always keep me out of politics. – Bruce Willis

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Politics

Economics, politics, and personalities are often inseparable. – Charles Edison

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Politics

Random Quotes

Have courage for the great sorrows of life and patience for the small ones; and when you have laboriously accomplished your daily task, go to sleep in peace. – Victor Hugo

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Wise Words

Writing poetry is the hard manual labor of the imagination. – Ishmael Reed

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Imagination

Most of the trouble in the world is caused by people wanting to be important. – T.S. Eliot

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Miscellaneous

This is the reason why mothers are more devoted to their children than fathers: it is that they suffer more in giving them birth and are more certain that they are their own. – Aristotle

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Children