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Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. Quotes

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 depressed, I ascend our behavior to stupidity, the stupidity of our leadership, the stupidity of our culture.

Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.

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