“The answer to the runaway Presidency is not the messenger-boy Presidency. The American democracy must discover a middle ground between making the President a czar and making him a puppet.”

Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. (1917-2007)

Author, The Imperial Presidency, 1973

Source: Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations

Arthur Schlesinger was an American historian and social critic. He authored many books including “A Thousand Days” published in 1965, outlining the workings of the John F. Kennedy  presidency, as Special Assistant to the President. His book, “The Imperial Presidency” has been described as “the most prominent school of thought on executive powers and a lens through which to understand and critique the executive branch.