"Politics… have always been the systematic organization of hatreds." ― Henry Adams Topic(s): Politics More From Henry Adams "Power is poison. Its effect on Presidents had always been tragic." "Everyone carries his own inch rule of taste, and amuses himself by applying it, triumphantly, wherever he travels." "There is no such thing as an underestimate of average intelligence." More In Politics "I… grew up in politics and I used to work for the Democratic Party."― Harvey Weinstein "I love hard political debate and I love beating somebody on a political point but what I’m more frustrated by is the politics where you play the man not the politics."― Johann Lamont "I don’t want to spend the rest of my life in politics. When I’m finished with my term as governor, I’m going back to the life that’s waiting for me in the private sector."― Jesse Ventura