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> [“The Irish were regarded as shiftless and drunken; moreover, they were papists, and their fealty to Rome, it was said, meant they could never become loyal Americans. They were subjected to severe discrimination in employment and were despised by genteel…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-m-schlesinger-jr-2/the-irish-were-regarded-as-shiftless-and-drunken-moreover-they-were/)

[Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-m-schlesinger-jr-2/)

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## More by Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr

> [“In 1856 the Know-Nothings even ran a former president, Millard Fillmore, as their presidential candidate. "Our progress in degeneracy appears to me to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-m-schlesinger-jr-2/in-1856-the-know-nothings-even-ran-a-former-president-millard/)

[Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-m-schlesinger-jr-2/)

> [“for an informed judgment”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-m-schlesinger-jr-2/for-an-informed-judgment/)

[Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-m-schlesinger-jr-2/)

> [“His peroration, no doubt”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-m-schlesinger-jr-2/his-peroration-no-doubt/)

[Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-m-schlesinger-jr-2/)

> [“The Irish were regarded as shiftless and drunken; moreover, they were papists, and their fealty to Rome, it was said, meant they could never…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-m-schlesinger-jr-2/the-irish-were-regarded-as-shiftless-and-drunken-moreover-they-were/)

[Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-m-schlesinger-jr-2/)

> [“Yet the old faith in the power of Bryce's "amazing solvent" to fulfill Washington's conception of Americans as "one people" held fast. However much…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-m-schlesinger-jr-2/yet-the-old-faith-in-the-power-of-bryce-s-amazing-solvent-to-fulfill/)

[Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-m-schlesinger-jr-2/)

> [ “\[P\]ressed too far, the cult of ethnicity has had bad consequences too. The new ethnic gospel rejects the unifying vision of individuals from all… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-m-schlesinger-jr-2/p-ressed-too-far-the-cult-of-ethnicity-has-had-bad-consequences-too/)

[Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-m-schlesinger-jr-2/)

> [ “\[I\]s there not something basically hostile to the actor's art in the consanguinity principle? After all, what is acting but an exercise in dissimulation?… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-m-schlesinger-jr-2/i-s-there-not-something-basically-hostile-to-the-actor-s-art-in-the/)

[Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-m-schlesinger-jr-2/)

> [“Let us by all means teach black history, African history, women's history, Hispanic history, Asian history. But let us teach them as history, not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-m-schlesinger-jr-2/let-us-by-all-means-teach-black-history-african-history-women-s/)

[Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-m-schlesinger-jr-2/)

> [“In New York the curriculum guide for 11th-grade American history tells students that there were three "foundations" for the Constitution: the European Enlightenment, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-m-schlesinger-jr-2/in-new-york-the-curriculum-guide-for-11th-grade-american-history/)

[Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-m-schlesinger-jr-2/)

> [“but also where the”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-m-schlesinger-jr-2/but-also-where-the/)

[Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-m-schlesinger-jr-2/)

> [“Though Fidel came to boast of his Marxism-Leninism, he himself never joined the Communist Party. As the revolution careened along, the Communists may even…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-m-schlesinger-jr-2/though-fidel-came-to-boast-of-his-marxism-leninism-he-himself-never/)

[Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-m-schlesinger-jr-2/)

> [“To what extent did Castro at this point conceal secret communist purposes? He later said that he hid radical views in order to hold…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-m-schlesinger-jr-2/to-what-extent-did-castro-at-this-point-conceal-secret-communist/)

[Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-m-schlesinger-jr-2/)

> [“In 1974, after testimony from ethnic spokesmen denouncing the melting pot as a conspiracy to homogenize America, Congress passed the Ethnic Heritage Studies Program…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-m-schlesinger-jr-2/in-1974-after-testimony-from-ethnic-spokesmen-denouncing-the-melting/)

[Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-m-schlesinger-jr-2/)

> [“Multiculturalism" arises as a reaction against Anglo- or Eurocentrism; but at what point does it mutate into an ethnocentrism of its own?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-m-schlesinger-jr-2/multiculturalism-arises-as-a-reaction-against-anglo-or-eurocentrism/)

[Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-m-schlesinger-jr-2/)

> [“In the Skokie case, it upheld the right of neo-Nazis to parade down the streets of an Illinois town inhabited by Holocaust survivors and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-m-schlesinger-jr-2/in-the-skokie-case-it-upheld-the-right-of-neo-nazis-to-parade-down/)

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