The broad liberal objective is a balanced and flexible "mixed economy," thus seeking to occupy that middle ground between capitalism and socialism whose viability has so long been denied by both capitalists and socialists. — 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 Image
The genius of impeachment lay in the fact that it could punish the man without punishing the office. — 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
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 Image
The first rule of democracy is to distrust all leaders who begin to believe their own publicity. — Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr Copy Share Image
In Defense of the World Order . . . U.S. soldiers would have to kill and die. — Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr Copy Share Image
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 Image
There is no more dangerous thing for a democracy than a foreign policy based on presidential preventive war. — Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr Copy Share Image
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 Image
