Politics, as a practice, whatever its profession, has always been the systematic organization of hatreds. Brooks Adams More Quotes by Brooks Adams More Quotes From Brooks Adams One friend in a lifetime is much; two are many; three are hardly possible. Friendship needs a certain parallelism of life, a community of thought, a rivalry of aim. Brooks Adams friend community friendship life The difference is slight, to the influence of an author, whether he is read by 500 readers, or by five hundred thousand; if he can select the 500, he reaches the five hundred thousand. Brooks Adams difference he five influence