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Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. quotes: The first rule of democracy is to distrust all leaders who begin to believe their own publicity.

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

Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. quotes: Every President reconstructs the Presidency to meet his own psychological needs.

Every President reconstructs the Presidency to meet his own psychological needs.

Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. quotes: Television has spread the habit of instant reaction and stimulated the hope of instant results.

Television has spread the habit of instant reaction and stimulated the hope of instant results.

Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. quotes: Santayana's aphorism must be reversed: too often it is those who can remember the past who are condemned to repeat it.

Santayana's aphorism must be reversed: too often it is those who can remember the past who are condemned to repeat it.

Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. quotes: There is far less to the Presidency, in terms of essential activity, than meets the eye.

There is far less to the Presidency, in terms of essential activity, than meets the eye.

Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. quotes: History is full of surprises.

History is full of surprises.

Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. quotes: Almost all important questions are important precisely because they are not susceptible to quantitative answer.

Almost all important questions are important precisely because they are not susceptible to quantitative answer.

Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. quotes: His peroration, no doubt

His peroration, no doubt

Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. quotes: The historian, like everyone else, is forever trapped in the egocentric predicament, and 'presentism' is his original sin.

The historian, like everyone else, is forever trapped in the egocentric predicament, and 'presentism' is his original sin.

Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. quotes: Brave men earn the right to shape their own destiny.

Brave men earn the right to shape their own destiny.

Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. quotes: 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.

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.

Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. quotes: Anti-intellectualism has long been the anti-Semitism of the businessman.

Anti-intellectualism has long been the anti-Semitism of the businessman.

Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. quotes: Self-righteousness in retrospect is easyalso cheap,

Self-righteousness in retrospect is easy
also cheap,

Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. quotes: In Defense of the World Order ... U.S. soldiers would have to kill and die.

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

Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. quotes: For history is to the nation as memory is to the individual.

For history is to the nation as memory is to the individual.

Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. quotes: The genius of impeachment lay in the fact that it could punish the man without punishing the office.

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

Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. quotes: People who claw their way to the top are not likely to find very much wrong with the system that enabled them to rise.

People who claw their way to the top are not likely to find very much wrong with the system that enabled them to rise.

Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. quotes: Politics in a democracy is, at the end, an educational process.

Politics in a democracy is, at the end, an educational process.

Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. quotes: Some people must dream broadly and guilelessly, if only to balance those who never dream at all.

Some people must dream broadly and guilelessly, if only to balance those who never dream at all.

Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. quotes: The passion for tidiness is the historian's occupational disease.

The passion for tidiness is the historian's occupational disease.

Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. quotes: but also where the

but also where the

Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. quotes: Righteousness is easy in retrospect.

Righteousness is easy in retrospect.

Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. quotes: Leadership ignites the circuit between the individual and the mass and thereby alters history.

Leadership ignites the circuit between the individual and the mass and thereby alters history.

Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. quotes: Honest history is the weapon of freedom.

Honest history is the weapon of freedom.

Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. quotes: for an informed judgment

for an informed judgment

Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. quotes: The very discovery of the New world was the by-product of a dietary quest.

The very discovery of the New world was the by-product of a dietary quest.

Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. quotes: There is no more dangerous thing for a democracy than a foreign policy based on presidential preventive war.

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

Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. quotes: I don't think I have made as much of my life as I should have. I should have written more books.

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. quotes: All wars are popular for the first 30 days.

All wars are popular for the first 30 days.

Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. quotes: Few secret undertakings ever did any nation any good.

Few secret undertakings ever did any nation any good.

Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. quotes: We are not going to achieve a new world order without paying for it in blood as well as in words and money.

We are not going to achieve a new world order without paying for it in blood as well as in words and money.

Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. quotes: The rising cult of ethnicity was a symptom of decreasing confidence in the American future.

The rising cult of ethnicity was a symptom of decreasing confidence in the American future.

Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. quotes: History, in the end, becomes a form of irony.

History, in the end, becomes a form of irony.

Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. quotes: The use of history as therapy means the corruption of history as history.

The use of history as therapy means the corruption of history as history.

Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. quotes: History is, indeed, an argument without end.

History is, indeed, an argument without end.

Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. quotes: Troubles impending always seem worse than troubles surmounted, but this does not prove that they really are.

Troubles impending always seem worse than troubles surmounted, but this does not prove that they really are.