All Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. Quotes
- Clarity in language depends on clarity in thought. Clarity
- Those who are convinced they have a monopoly on The Truth always feel that they are only saving the world when they slaughter the heretics. Always Feel
- The great religious ages were notable for their indifference to human rights... not only for acquiescence in poverty, inequality, exploitation and oppression, but also for… Abandonment
- Science and technology revolutionize our lives, but memory, tradition and myth frame our response. Frame
- People who claw their way to the top are not likely to find very much wrong with the system that enabled them to rise. Claw
- History is full of surprises. Full
- Righteousness is easy in retrospect. Easy
- Excellence is the eternal quest. We achieve it by living up to our highest intellectual standards and our finest moral intuitions. In seeking excellence, take… Achieve
- All wars are popular for the first 30 days. All
- Total separation of church and state was considered the best safeguard for the health of each. As [Andrew] Jackson explained, in refusing to name a… Andrew
- Television has spread the habit of instant reaction and stimulated the hope of instant results. Habit
- Anti-intellectualism has long been the anti-Semitism of the businessman. Anti
- The genius of impeachment lay in the fact that it could punish the man without punishing the office. Fact
- Santayana's aphorism must be reversed: too often it is those who can remember the past who are condemned to repeat it. Aphorism
- Problems will always torment us because all important problems are insoluble: that is why they are important. The good comes from the continuing struggle to… All
- There is no more dangerous thing for a democracy than a foreign policy based on presidential preventive war. Based
- In view of the tide of religiosity engulfing a once secular republic it is refreshing to be reminded by Freethinkers that free thought and skepticism… All
- 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… Balanced
- Troubles impending always seem worse than troubles surmounted, but this does not prove that they really are. Always Seem
- Science and Technology revolutionize our lives, but memory, tradition and myth frame our response. Expelled from individual consciousness by the rush of change, history finds… Change