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Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. quotes

American Historian October 15, 1917 – February 28, 2007

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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, Jr.
If we are to survive, we must have ideas, vision, and courage. These things are rarely produced by committees. Everything that matters in our intellectual and moral life begins with an individual confronting his own mind and conscience in a room by himself. Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.
This isn’t a matter for the eyes, it is a matter for the heart. Many signs point to a growing historical consciousness among the American people. I trust this is so. It is useful to remember that history is to the nation as memory is to the individual. As persons deprived of memory, they become disoriented and lost, not knowing where they have been and where they are going. So a nation denied a conception of the past will be disabled in dealing with its present and its future. When I’m... Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.
Anti-intellectualism has long been the anti-Semitism of the businessman," by which he meant that those at the top of the heap use intellectuals as a scapegoat to distract people from the societal inequities that actually affect their lives: those of wealth and power. Intellectuals are posited as both sinister and powerful, conspiratorially undermining the values of ordinary people. Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.
Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. quote: "We are not going to achieve a new world order without paying..."
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, Jr.
Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. quote: "Television has spread the habit of instant reaction and..."
Television has spread the habit of instant reaction and stimulated the hope of instant results. Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.
Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. quote: "The genius of impeachment lay in the fact that it could punish..."
The genius of impeachment lay in the fact that it could punish the man without punishing the office. Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.
the Bush administration’s extralegal counterterrorism program presented the most dramatic, sustained and radical challenge to the rule of law in American history. Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.
Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. quote: "Righteousness is easy in retrospect."
Righteousness is easy in retrospect. Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.
Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. quote: "Self-righteousness in retrospect is easy--also cheap,"
Self-righteousness in retrospect is easy--also cheap, Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.
Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. quote: "Anti-intellectualism has long been the anti-Semitism of the..."
Anti-intellectualism has long been the anti-Semitism of the businessman. Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.

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