Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.

Arthur Meier Schlesinger, Jr. (b. October 15, 1917) is an American liberal political scientist and social critic whose work has focused on the philosophies and policies of U.S. presidents, including Andrew Jackson, Franklin D. Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy, and Richard Nixon. He served as Special Assistant to the President in John F. Kennedy administration. He wrote the definitive account of the Kennedy Administration entitled "A Thousand Days."

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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.

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