Samuel P. Huntington Quotes


Partial truths or half-truths are often more insidious than total falsehoods. Samuel P. Huntington Falsehoods 97
The other aspect of American identity worth focusing on is the concept of America as a nation of immigrants. That certainly is a partial truth. But it is often assumed to be the total truth. Samuel P. Huntington America 88
It was one thing to contain the Soviet Union in Europe because Britain, France, and Germany were all willing to join in. But will Japan and other Asian countries be willing to join in the containment of China? Samuel P. Huntington Asian 75
And so in terms of territorial control, in terms of economic preeminence, the western share of the gross world product is declining as Asian societies in particular develop economically. Samuel P. Huntington Asian 68
Total falsehoods can be easily exposed for what they are by citing exceptions to their claims. Hence, they are less likely to be accepted as the total truth. Samuel P. Huntington Accepted 68
Expectations should not always be taken as reality because you never know when you will be disappointed. Samuel P. Huntington Expectations 61
We also thought of ourselves in racial and largely ethnic terms. Samuel P. Huntington Ethnic 58
Also, of course, for most of this time most Americans thought of America as a white country with, at best, only a very segregated and subordinate role for blacks. Samuel P. Huntington America 53
Thus, biologically speaking the American people are literally only half an immigrant people. Samuel P. Huntington American 52
Mexican immigration poses challenges to our policies and to our identity in a way nothing else has in the past. Samuel P. Huntington Challenges 47
It will take a long time, and certainly the West will remain the dominant civilization well into the next century, but the decline is occurring. Samuel P. Huntington Century 43
Much of what we now consider to be problems concerning immigration and assimilation really concern Mexican immigration and assimilation. Samuel P. Huntington Assimilation 43
And the big question for the West, of course, and to the Europeans is, what other countries, which were formerly part of the Soviet bloc, should be incorporated into western institutions? Samuel P. Huntington Big 43
The British were white, English, and Protestant, just as we were. They had to have some other basis on which to justify independence, and happily they were able to formulate the inalienable truths set forth in the Declaration. Samuel P. Huntington Able 43
Immigrants are people who leave one country, one society, and move to another society. But there has to be a recipient society to which the immigrants move. Samuel P. Huntington Another 42
Well, I think the United States first of all has to recognize the world for what it is. Samuel P. Huntington First 39
I think clearly the United States, as well as other western nations, should stand by their commitments to human rights and democracy and should try to influence other countries to move in that direction. Samuel P. Huntington Clearly 37
It was this society and culture that among other things - including economic opportunities here and repression in Europe - attracted subsequent generations of immigrants to this country. Samuel P. Huntington Among 36
In 1920, the West ruled huge amounts of the world. Samuel P. Huntington Huge 35
We really only came around to accepting and integrating the propositional dimension of identity into a concept of ourselves at the time of the American Revolution. Samuel P. Huntington Accepting 34
Some Westerners... have argued that the West does not have problems with Islam but only with violent Islamist extremists. Fourteen hundred years of history demonstrate otherwise. Samuel P. Huntington Islam 29
The great problem there is we have to have the cooperation of those other Asian countries. Samuel P. Huntington Asian 28
Our relationship with Mexico in this regard is unique for us, and in many respects unique in the world. Samuel P. Huntington Mexico 26

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