There is far less to the Presidency, in terms of essential activity, than meets the eye. — Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr Copy Share Image
Every President reconstructs the Presidency to meet his own psychological needs. — Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr Copy Share Image
For history is to the nation as memory is to the individual. — Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr Copy Share Image
The very discovery of the New world was the by-product of a dietary quest. — Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr Copy Share Image
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, Jr Copy Share
The genius of impeachment lay in the fact that it could punish the man without punishing the office. — Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr Copy Share
Every President reconstructs the Presidency to meet his own psychological needs. — Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr Copy Share
The only President who clearly died of overwork was Polk, and that was a long time ago. Hoover, who worked intensely and humorlessly as… — Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr Copy Share
The first rule of democracy is to distrust all leaders who begin to believe their own publicity. — Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr Copy Share
In Defense of the World Order . . . U.S. soldiers would have to kill and die. — Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr Copy Share
In view of the tide of religiosity engulfing a once secular republic it is refreshing to be reminded by Freethinkers that free thought and… — Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr Copy Share
There is no more dangerous thing for a democracy than a foreign policy based on presidential preventive war. — Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr Copy Share
If we are to survive, we must have ideas, vision, and courage. These things are rarely produced by committees. Everything that matters in our… — Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr Copy Share
The military struggle may frankly be regarded for what it actually was, namely a war for independence, an armed attempt to imposethe views of… — Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr Copy Share
Those who are convinced they have a monopoly on The Truth always feel that they are only saving the world when they slaughter the… — Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr Copy Share
There is far less to the Presidency, in terms of essential activity, than meets the eye. — Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr Copy Share