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Arthur M. Schlesinger Quotes: "The first rule of democracy is to distrust all leaders who begin to believe their own publicity."

The first rule of democracy is to distrust all leaders who begin to believe their own publicity.



Arthur M. Schlesinger Quotes: "Clarity in language depends on clarity in thought."

Clarity in language depends on clarity in thought.




Arthur M. Schlesinger Quotes: "The basic human rights documents-the American Declaration of Independence and the French Declaration of the Rights of Man-were written by political, not by religious, leaders."

The basic human rights documents-the American Declaration of Independence and the French Declaration of the Rights of Man-were written by political, not by religious, leaders.



Arthur M. Schlesinger Quotes: "What we need is a rebirth of satire, of dissent, of irreverence, of an uncompromising insistence that phoniness is phony and platitudes are platitudinous."

What we need is a rebirth of satire, of dissent, of irreverence, of an uncompromising insistence that phoniness is phony and platitudes are platitudinous.




Arthur M. Schlesinger Quotes: "History is, indeed, an argument without end."

History is, indeed, an argument without end.



Arthur M. Schlesinger Quotes: "The genius of impeachment lay in the fact that it could punish the man without punishing the office."

The genius of impeachment lay in the fact that it could punish the man without punishing the office.



Arthur M. Schlesinger Quotes: "Those who are convinced they have a monopoly on The Truth always feel that they are only saving the world when they slaughter the heretics."

Those who are convinced they have a monopoly on The Truth always feel that they are only saving the world when they slaughter the heretics.




Arthur M. Schlesinger Quotes: "Anti-intellectualism has long been the anti-Semitism of the businessman."

Anti-intellectualism has long been the anti-Semitism of the businessman.



Arthur M. Schlesinger Quotes: "For most Americans the Constitution had become a hazy document, cited like the Bible on ceremonial occasions but forgotten in the daily transactions of life."

For most Americans the Constitution had become a hazy document, cited like the Bible on ceremonial occasions but forgotten in the daily transactions of life.



Arthur M. Schlesinger Quotes: "Science and technology revolutionize our lives, but memory, tradition and myth frame our response."

Science and technology revolutionize our lives, but memory, tradition and myth frame our response.



Arthur M. Schlesinger Quotes: "For history is to the nation as memory is to the individual."

For history is to the nation as memory is to the individual.



Arthur M. Schlesinger Quotes: "The passion for tidiness is the historian's occupational disease."

The passion for tidiness is the historian's occupational disease.




Arthur M. Schlesinger Quotes: "Politics in a democracy is, at the end, an educational process."

Politics in a democracy is, at the end, an educational process.



Arthur M. Schlesinger Quotes: "People who claw their way to the top are not likely to find very much wrong with the system that enabled them to rise."

People who claw their way to the top are not likely to find very much wrong with the system that enabled them to rise.



Arthur M. Schlesinger Quotes: "There is no more dangerous thing for a democracy than a foreign policy based on presidential preventive war."

There is no more dangerous thing for a democracy than a foreign policy based on presidential preventive war.



Arthur M. Schlesinger Quotes: "Economists are about as useful as astrologers in predicting the future (and, like astrologers, they never let failure on one occasion diminish certitude on the next)."

Economists are about as useful as astrologers in predicting the future (and, like astrologers, they never let failure on one occasion diminish certitude on the next).



Arthur M. Schlesinger Quotes: "History is full of surprises."

History is full of surprises.



Arthur M. Schlesinger Quotes: "Excellence is the eternal quest. We achieve it by living up to our highest intellectual standards and our finest moral intuitions. In seeking excellence, take life seriously-but never yourself!"

Excellence is the eternal quest. We achieve it by living up to our highest intellectual standards and our finest moral intuitions. In seeking excellence, take life seriously-but never yourself!



Arthur M. Schlesinger Quotes: "Righteousness is easy in retrospect."

Righteousness is easy in retrospect.



Arthur M. Schlesinger Quotes: "In Defense of the World Order . . . U.S. soldiers would have to kill and die."

In Defense of the World Order . . . U.S. soldiers would have to kill and die.



Arthur M. Schlesinger Quotes: "The use of history as therapy means the corruption of history as history."

The use of history as therapy means the corruption of history as history.



Arthur M. Schlesinger Quotes: "Expelled from individual consciousness by the rush of change, history finds its revenge by stamping the collective unconsciousness with habits and values."

Expelled from individual consciousness by the rush of change, history finds its revenge by stamping the collective unconsciousness with habits and values.



Arthur M. Schlesinger Quotes: "What higher obligation does a President have than to explain his intentions to the people and persuade them that the direction he wishes to go is right?"

What higher obligation does a President have than to explain his intentions to the people and persuade them that the direction he wishes to go is right?



Arthur M. Schlesinger Quotes: "I don't think I have made as much of my life as I should have. I should have written more books."

I don't think I have made as much of my life as I should have. I should have written more books.



Arthur M. Schlesinger Quotes: "History, in the end, becomes a form of irony."

History, in the end, becomes a form of irony.



Arthur M. Schlesinger Quotes: "Liberalism regards all absolutes with profound skepticism, including both moral imperatives and final solutions... Insistence upon any particular solution is the mark of an ideologue."

Liberalism regards all absolutes with profound skepticism, including both moral imperatives and final solutions... Insistence upon any particular solution is the mark of an ideologue.



Arthur M. Schlesinger Quotes: "Every President reconstructs the Presidency to meet his own psychological needs."

Every President reconstructs the Presidency to meet his own psychological needs.



Arthur M. Schlesinger Quotes: "Santayana's aphorism must be reversed: too often it is those who can remember the past who are condemned to repeat it."

Santayana's aphorism must be reversed: too often it is those who can remember the past who are condemned to repeat it.



Arthur M. Schlesinger Quotes: "The very discovery of the New world was the by-product of a dietary quest."

The very discovery of the New world was the by-product of a dietary quest.



Arthur M. Schlesinger Quotes: "There is far less to the Presidency, in terms of essential activity, than meets the eye."

There is far less to the Presidency, in terms of essential activity, than meets the eye.



Arthur M. Schlesinger Quotes: "Television has spread the habit of instant reaction and stimulated the hope of instant results."

Television has spread the habit of instant reaction and stimulated the hope of instant results.



Arthur M. Schlesinger Quotes: "Troubles impending always seem worse than troubles surmounted, but this does not prove that they really are."

Troubles impending always seem worse than troubles surmounted, but this does not prove that they really are.



Arthur M. Schlesinger Quotes: "Few secret undertakings ever did any nation any good."

Few secret undertakings ever did any nation any good.



Arthur M. Schlesinger Quotes: "Brave men earn the right to shape their own destiny."

Brave men earn the right to shape their own destiny.



Arthur M. Schlesinger Quotes: "Man generally is entangled in insoluble problems; history is consequently a tragedy in which we are all involved, whose keynote is anxiety and frustration, not progress and fulfilment."

Man generally is entangled in insoluble problems; history is consequently a tragedy in which we are all involved, whose keynote is anxiety and frustration, not progress and fulfilment.



Arthur M. Schlesinger Quotes: "Self-righteousness in retrospect is easy--also cheap."

Self-righteousness in retrospect is easy--also cheap.



Arthur M. Schlesinger Quotes: "We are not going to achieve a new world order without paying for it in blood as well as in words and money."

We are not going to achieve a new world order without paying for it in blood as well as in words and money.



Arthur M. Schlesinger Quotes: "The historian, like everyone else, is forever trapped in the egocentric predicament, and 'presentism' is his original sin."

The historian, like everyone else, is forever trapped in the egocentric predicament, and 'presentism' is his original sin.



Arthur M. Schlesinger Quotes: "Some people must dream broadly and guilelessly, if only to balance those who never dream at all."

Some people must dream broadly and guilelessly, if only to balance those who never dream at all.