--- title: "11 Trump Quotes By Henry Adams" description: "11 Trump quotes by Henry Adams. Plus more from Henry Adams and more Trump sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/158/henry-adams-1542_air_during-an-election-campaign-the-air-is-f_2069614.png" --- > [During an election campaign the air is full of speeches and vice versa.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-adams/during-an-election-campaign-the-air-is-full-of-speeches-and-vice-versa/) [Henry Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-adams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/158/henry-adams-1542_air_during-an-election-campaign-the-air-is-f_2069614.png) > [A senator is like a begonia - showy but useless.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-adams/a-senator-is-like-a-begonia-showy-but-useless/) [Henry Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-adams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6b3/henry-adams-1542_senator_a-senator-is-like-a-begonia-showy-but-us_465062.png) > [No man should be in politics unless he would honestly rather not be there.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-adams/no-man-should-be-in-politics-unless-he-would-honestly-rather-not-be/) [Henry Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-adams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e93/henry-adams-1542_he_no-man-should-be-in-politics-unless-he-w_26582.png) > [Power is poison. Its effect on Presidents had always been tragic.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-adams/power-is-poison-its-effect-on-presidents-had-always-been-tragic/) [Henry Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-adams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a9f/henry-adams-1542_poison_power-is-poison-its-effect-on-presidents_1809321.png) > [The social side of Washington was to be taken for granted as three-fourths of existence. Politics and reform became the detail, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-adams/the-social-side-of-washington-was-to-be-taken-for-granted-as-three/) [Henry Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-adams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/055/henry-adams-1542_details_the-social-side-of-washington-was-to-be_1860900.png) > [American politics is a struggle, not of men but of forces. The men become every year more and more creatures of force,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-adams/american-politics-is-a-struggle-not-of-men-but-of-forces-the-men/) [Henry Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-adams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e1e/henry-adams-1542_american-politics_american-politics-is-a-struggle-not-of-m_2531911.png) > [“Double standards are inspiration to men of letters, but they are apt to be fatal to politicians.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-adams/double-standards-are-inspiration-to-men-of-letters-but-they-are-apt/) [Henry Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-adams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9e1/henry-adams-1542_contradictions_double-standards-are-inspiration-to-men_331911.png) > [For reasons which many persons thought ridiculous, Mrs. Lightfoot Lee decided to pass the winter in Washington.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-adams/for-reasons-which-many-persons-thought-ridiculous-mrs-lightfoot-lee/) [Henry Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-adams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e1a/henry-adams-1542_book_for-reasons-which-many-persons-thought-r_2444339.png) > [The American President resembles the commander of a ship at sea. He must have a helm to grasp, a course to steer,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-adams/the-american-president-resembles-the-commander-of-a-ship-at-sea-he/) [Henry Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-adams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fb3/henry-adams-1542_american-president_the-american-president-resembles-the-com_20254.png) > [Power is poison. Its effect on Presidents had always been tragic, chiefly as an almost insane excitement at first, and a worse…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-adams/power-is-poison-its-effect-on-presidents-had-always-been-tragic-2/) [Henry Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-adams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/15f/henry-adams-1542_effects_power-is-poison-its-effect-on-presidents_2446781.png) > [Power is poison. Its effect on Presidents has been always tragic, chiefly as an almost indecent excitement at first, and a worse…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-adams/power-is-poison-its-effect-on-presidents-has-been-always-tragic/) [Henry Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-adams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/625/henry-adams-1542_balanced_power-is-poison-its-effect-on-presidents_1377545.jpg) ## Other authors on Trump ## More by Henry Adams > [I am fairly tired--bored beyond endurance--by the world we live in, and its ideals, and am ready to say so, not violently, but kindly,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-adams/i-am-fairly-tired-bored-beyond-endurance-by-the-world-we-live-in-and/) [Henry Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-adams/) > [“One had heard and read a great deal about death, and even seen a little of it, and knew by heart the thousand commonplaces…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-adams/one-had-heard-and-read-a-great-deal-about-death-and-even-seen-a/) [Henry Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-adams/) > [Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-adams/chaos-often-breeds-life-when-order-breeds-habit/) [Henry Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-adams/) > [The chief wonder of education is that it does not ruin everybody concerned in it, teachers and taught.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-adams/the-chief-wonder-of-education-is-that-it-does-not-ruin-everybody/) [Henry Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-adams/) > [The American President resembles the commander of a ship at sea. He must have a helm to grasp, a course to steer, a port…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-adams/the-american-president-resembles-the-commander-of-a-ship-at-sea-he/) [Henry Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-adams/) > [The proof that a philosopher does not know what he is talking about is apt to sadden his followers before it reacts on himself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-adams/the-proof-that-a-philosopher-does-not-know-what-he-is-talking-about/) [Henry Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-adams/) > [No man should be in politics unless he would honestly rather not be there.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-adams/no-man-should-be-in-politics-unless-he-would-honestly-rather-not-be/) [Henry Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-adams/) > [In the history of the United States, there is no continuity at all. You can cut through it anywhere and nothing on this side…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-adams/in-the-history-of-the-united-states-there-is-no-continuity-at-all-you/) [Henry Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-adams/) > [“Washington was no politician as we understand the word," replied Ratcliffe abruptly. "He stood outside of politics. The thing couldn't be done today. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-adams/washington-was-no-politician-as-we-understand-the-word-replied/) [Henry Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-adams/) > [Power when wielded by abnormal energy is the most serious of facts.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-adams/power-when-wielded-by-abnormal-energy-is-the-most-serious-of-facts/) [Henry Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-adams/) > [If I grapple with sin in my own strength, the devil knows he may go to sleep.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-adams/if-i-grapple-with-sin-in-my-own-strength-the-devil-knows-he-may-go-to/) [Henry Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-adams/) > [All State education is a sort of dynamo machine for polarizing the popular mind; for turning and holding its lines of force in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-adams/all-state-education-is-a-sort-of-dynamo-machine-for-polarizing-the/) [Henry Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-adams/) > [You may cut off the heads of every rich man now living--of every statesman--every literary, and every scientific authority, without in the least changing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-adams/you-may-cut-off-the-heads-of-every-rich-man-now-living-of-every/) [Henry Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-adams/) > [History is the most aristocratic of all literary pursuits, because it obliges the historian to be rich as well as educated.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-adams/history-is-the-most-aristocratic-of-all-literary-pursuits-because-it/) [Henry Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-adams/) > [The philosopher says--I am, and the church scouts his philosophy. She answers:--No! you are NOT, you have no existence of your own. You were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-adams/the-philosopher-says-i-am-and-the-church-scouts-his-philosophy-she/) [Henry Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-adams/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/trump/henry-adams/#itemlist", "name": "11 Trump Quotes By Henry Adams", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "During an election campaign the air is full of speeches and vice versa.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Henry Adams" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-adams/during-an-election-campaign-the-air-is-full-of-speeches-and-vice-versa/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/158/henry-adams-1542_air_during-an-election-campaign-the-air-is-f_2069614.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/158/henry-adams-1542_air_during-an-election-campaign-the-air-is-f_2069614.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/158/henry-adams-1542_air_during-an-election-campaign-the-air-is-f_2069614.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“During an election campaign the air is full of speeches and vice versa.” — Henry Adams", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "A senator is like a begonia - showy but useless.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Henry Adams" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-adams/a-senator-is-like-a-begonia-showy-but-useless/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6b3/henry-adams-1542_senator_a-senator-is-like-a-begonia-showy-but-us_465062.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6b3/henry-adams-1542_senator_a-senator-is-like-a-begonia-showy-but-us_465062.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6b3/henry-adams-1542_senator_a-senator-is-like-a-begonia-showy-but-us_465062.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“A senator is like a begonia - showy but useless.” — Henry Adams", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "No man should be in politics unless he would honestly rather not be there.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Henry Adams" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-adams/no-man-should-be-in-politics-unless-he-would-honestly-rather-not-be/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e93/henry-adams-1542_he_no-man-should-be-in-politics-unless-he-w_26582.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e93/henry-adams-1542_he_no-man-should-be-in-politics-unless-he-w_26582.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e93/henry-adams-1542_he_no-man-should-be-in-politics-unless-he-w_26582.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“No man should be in politics unless he would honestly rather not be there.” — Henry Adams", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Power is poison. 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