"Ashurst, Defeated, Reviews Service". New York Times (September 12, 1940), p. 18.
“The greatness of the man's power is the measure of his surrender.”
The Education of Henry Adams (1907)
“A man who does not have something for which he is willing to die is not fit to live.”
On Politics: A History of Political Thought: From Herodotus to the Present (2012), Ch. 4 : Roman Insights: Polybius and Cicero
Source: Rocket Ship Galileo (1947), Chapter 4, “The Blood of Pioneers”, p. 34
“No man can get rich in politics unless he's a crook.”
Variant: Similarly on pg. 136: "About this getting rich in politics. Like I said, you just can't do it unless you're a crook." And earlier: "An honest public servant can't become rich in politics." - Truman's diary, 24 April 1954.
Source: Harry S Truman, quoted in Plain Speaking: An Oral Biography of Harry S Truman by Merle Miller, 1973-1974 SBN 425-02664-7 LOC 73-87198, Berkeley Medallion Edition, October, 1974, Chapter 10. "The Only Defeat − and Then Victory", pg. 134.
“Change is the essence of life; be willing to surrender what you are for what you could become.”
"Which Is the Liberal Party?"
Uncommon Law (1935)
Source: Revolutionary Suicide (1973), p. 3
The Education of Henry Adams (1907)
Context: No man, however strong, can serve ten years as schoolmaster, priest, or Senator, and remain fit for anything else. All the dogmatic stations in life have the effect of fixing a certain stiffness of attitude forever, as though they mesmerised the subject.
