More From Henry Adams
- "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."
- "Everyone carries his own inch rule of taste, and amuses himself by applying it, triumphantly, wherever he travels."
- "At best, the renewal of broken relations is a nervous matter."
More In Power
- "If you have any power at all from being popular, then you have a duty to help people out."― Arabella Weir
- "We need the children of Indonesia and the Philippines to manufacture our freedom of choice."― Marc Maron
- "Grammar is a piano I play by ear. All I know about grammar is its power."― Joan Didion