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Benno C. Schmidt, Jr.
To take the measure of oneself by reference to one's colleagues leads to envy or complacency rather than constructive self-examination.
James R. Schlesinger
The notion of a defense that will protect American cities is one that will not be achieved, but it is that goal that supplies the political magic, as it were, in the president's vision.
James R. Schlesinger
Americans historically have embraced crusades - such as World War II - as well as glorious little wars. The difficulty is that the most likely conflicts of the future fall between crusades and such brief encounters as Grenada or Mayagez.
Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.
We are not going to achieve a new world order without paying for it in blood as well as in words and money.
Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.
The genius of impeachment lay in the fact that it could punish the man without punishing the office.
Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.
Television has spread the habit of instant reaction and stimulated the hope of instant results.
Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.
Righteousness is easy in retrospect.
Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.
If we are to survive, we must have ideas, vision, and courage. These things are rarely produced by committees. Everything that matters in our intellectual and moral life begins with an individual confronting his own mind and conscience in a room by himself.
Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.
Anti-intellectualism has long been the anti-Semitism of the businessman.
Arthur M. Schlesinger
Science and technology revolutionize our lives, but memory, tradition and myth frame our response.