The Social Side Of Washington Was To

Politics, As A Practise, Whatever Its Professions, Has Always Been The Systematic Organization Of Hatreds.

The Capacity Of Women To Make Unsuitable Marriages Must Be Considered As The Cornerstone Of Society.

A Congressman Is A Pig. The Only Way To Get His Snout From The Trough Is To Rap It Sharply With A Stick.

A Certain Secret Jealousy Of The British Minister Is Always Lurking In The Breast Of Every American Senator, If He Is Truly Democratic; For Democracy, Rightly Understood, Is The Government Of The People, By The People, For The Benefit Of Senators, And There Is Always A Danger That The British Minister May Not Understand This Political Principle As He Should.

Power Is Poison. Its Effect On Presidents Has Been Always Tragic, Chiefly As An Almost Indecent Excitement At First, And A Worse Reaction Afterwards; But Also Because No Mind Is So Well Balanced As To Bear The Strain Of Seizing Unlimited Force Without Habit Or Knowledge Of It; And Finding It Disputed With Him By Hungry Packs Of Wolves And Hounds Whose Lives Depend On Snatching The Carion.