Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. Quote

The great appeal of fatalism … is as a refuge from the terror of responsibility.


The Decline of Greatness, in Saturday Evening Post, Nov. 1, 1958


The great appeal of fatalism … is as a refuge from the terror of responsibility.

The great appeal of fatalism … is as a refuge from the terror of responsibility.

The great appeal of fatalism … is as a refuge from the terror of responsibility.

The great appeal of fatalism … is as a refuge from the terror of responsibility.