Ends Quote by Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr Download Open image “History, in the end, becomes a form of irony.” — Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.3 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Ends Form History Irony
“When history seems to offer no sanctuary for values (when history is assailed by wars and inhuman or immoral public actions), literature can provide… — Beatriz Sarlo Copy Share Image
“most historical relationships are ironical in character, or, to put it differently, that the course of history has little to do with the intrinsic… — Peter L. Berger Copy Share Image
Irony is the form of paradox. Paradox is what is good and great at the same time. — Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel Copy Share Image
If anything qualifies as an irony of history it would be this: that Marx and Engels throughout the nineteenth century wrote about America the… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
Exaggerated history is poetry, and truth referred to a new standard. — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
What is history after all? History is facts which become lies in the end. — Jean Cocteau Copy Share Image
I don't embrace irony, but I do think it's a pre-existing condition; we manage it as best we can. — Fred Tomaselli 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
I understand that it's the music that keeps me alive... That's my lifeblood. And to give that up for, like, the TV, the cars, the houses - that's not the American dream. That's the booby prize, in the end. Those are the booby prizes. And if you fall for them - if, when you achieve them, you believe that this… — Bruce Springsteen Copy Share
Well, The Day the Earth Caught Fire was a story... I don't if anybody knows what it is but it was about... in the… — Val Guest Copy Share Image
Bush reiterated his stand to conservatives opposing his decision on stem cell research. He said today he believes life begins at conception and ends… — Jay Leno Copy Share Image
Dating someone on the opposite end of the happy spectrum teaches you an incredible amount of patience. — Chris Pine Copy Share Image
What is history after all? History is facts which become lies in the end. — Jean Cocteau Copy Share Image
Sometimes it's just enough for me to have the idea. I don't need to see it through to the end. When it actually happens,… — Amy Sedaris Copy Share Image
In the fight between biology and morality, biology has commonly won in the end. — Semir Zeki Copy Share Image
At the end of night, before you close your eyes, be content with what you've done and be proud of who you are. — Steve Almond Copy Share Image
it is the brevity of life which makes it tolerable; its experiences have value because they have an end. — Winifred Holtby Copy Share Image
I hope that the Palestinians don't make the mistake of unleashing a new intifada. They've tried it twice before, and the consequences were bad for both sides. But I don't think the forces are there (that could carry out) an uprising against the leadership. The people that could initiate it are in Israeli prisons. And what could they hope to… — Tom Segev Copy Share
Believe to the end, even if all men went astray and you were left the only one faithful; bring your offering even then and… — Fyodor Dostoevsky Copy Share Image
