Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. Quotes

Most popular Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. Quotes

Righteousness is easy in retrospect. - Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. quote.
Righteousness is easy in retrospect.
— Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. in Newsweek
A successful revolution begins to develop a stake in the status quo. - Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. quote.
A successful revolution begins to develop a stake in the status quo.
— Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. The Bitter Heritage: Vietnam and American Democracy, 1941–1966

revolution

For history is to the nation as memory rather as memory is to the individual. - Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. quote.
For history is to the nation as memory rather as memory is to the individual.
— Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. The Disuniting of America: Reflections on a Multicultural Society

history

Ceremony, circus, farce, melodrama, tragedy...nothing else offers all at once the whirl, the excitement, the gaiety, the intrigue, and the anguish. - Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. quote.
Ceremony, circus, farce, melodrama, tragedy...nothing else offers all at once the whirl, the excitement, the gaiety, the intrigue, and the anguish.
— Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. A Thousand Days

politics