Inspirational Quote by Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr

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

History is full of surprises.

— Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr

The genius of impeachment lay in the fact that it could punish the man without punishing the office.

— Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr

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

Righteousness is easy in retrospect.

— Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr

The first rule of democracy is to distrust all leaders who begin to believe their own publicity.

— Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr

Few secret undertakings ever did any nation any good.

— Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr

In Defense of the World Order . . . U.S. soldiers would have to kill and die.

— Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr

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

There is no more dangerous thing for a democracy than a foreign policy based on presidential preventive war.

— 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…

— Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr

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