A congressman is a pig. The only way to get his snout from the trough is to rap it sharply with a stick.
Henry AdamsBy nature, man is lazy, working only under compulsion; and when he is strong we will always live, as far as he can, upon the labor or the property of the weak.
Henry AdamsWomen have, commonly, a very positive moral sense; that which they will, is right; that which they reject, is wrong; and their will, in most cases, ends by settling the moral.
Henry AdamsA society in stable equilibrium is-by definition-one that has no history and wants no historians.
Henry Adams