Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.
1917 - 2007
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Biography
Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. (1917-2007) was an American historian, social critic, and public intellectual. He is known for his works on American history, focusing on political leaders such as Andrew Jackson, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and John F. Kennedy. Schlesinger served in the Franklin D. Roosevelt administration and later taught at Harvard University. He was a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner for History and Biography. Schlesinger's writing style combined rigorous scholarship with engaging storytelling, making complex historical events accessible to a wide audience.
Famous Quotes (5)
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Science and technology revolutionize our lives, but memory, tradition and myth frame our response.
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Every succesful revolution puts on in time the robes of the tyrant it has deposed.
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Political extremism involves two prime ingredients: an excessively simple diagnosis of the world's ills, and a conviction that there are identifiable villains back of it all.
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Power in America today is control of the means of communication.
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Historians are the guardians of memory, and without history, civilization is demoralized.