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The purpose of democratic statecraft is, or should be, to find the means of ordered liberty in a world condemned to everlasting change.

Arthur M. Schlesinger

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Arthur Meier Schlesinger, Jr. (October 15 1917 – April 28 2007) was an American historian and social critic whose work has explored the liberalism of American political leaders including Franklin D. Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy, and Robert Kennedy, as well as the men who surrounded Andrew Jackson. He served as Special Assistant to the President in John F. Kennedy's administration. He wrote a detailed account of the Kennedy Administration entitled A Thousand Days.

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Birth Name: Arthur Bancroft Schlesinger

Native Name: Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr.

Alternative Names: Arthur Schlesinger Jr • Arthur Meier Schlesinger Jr.

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