To say that there is a case for heroes is not to say that there is a case for hero worship. The surrender of decision, the unquestioning submission to leadership, the prostration of the average man before the Great Man -- these are the diseases of heroism, and they are fatal to human dignity. History amply shows that it is possible to have heroes without turning them into gods. And history shows, too, that when a society, in flight from hero worship, decides to do without great men at all, it gets into troubles of its own.
Honest history is the weapon of freedom. - Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.
Honest history is the weapon of freedom.
- Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.
History is, indeed, an argument without end. - Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.
History is, indeed, an argument without end.
Problems will always torment us because all important problems are insoluble: that is why they are important. The good comes from the continuing stru… - Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.
Problems will always torment us because all important problems are insoluble: that is why they are important. The good comes from the continuing stru…
The broad liberal objective is a balanced and flexible "mixed economy," thus seeking to occupy that middle ground between capitalism and socialism wh… - Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.
The broad liberal objective is a balanced and flexible "mixed economy," thus seeking to occupy that middle ground between capitalism and socialism wh…
It is useful to remember that history is to the nation as memory is to the individual. As a person deprived of memory becomes disorientated and lost… - Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.
It is useful to remember that history is to the nation as memory is to the individual. As a person deprived of memory becomes disorientated and lost…
Science and Technology revolutionize our lives, but memory, tradition and myth frame our response. Expelled from individual consciousness by the rush… - Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.
Science and Technology revolutionize our lives, but memory, tradition and myth frame our response. Expelled from individual consciousness by the rush…
History, in the end, becomes a form of irony. - Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.
History, in the end, becomes a form of irony.
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… - 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 skepticism…
Clarity in language depends on clarity in thought. - Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.
Clarity in language depends on clarity in thought.
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