Samuel P. Huntington Quotes

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• The West won the world not by the superiority of its ideas or values or religion […] but rather by its superiority in applying organized violence. Westerners often forget this fact; non-Westerners never do.

  Samuel P. Huntington

  War, Winning, Tyrants

  Samuel P. Huntington (1997). “The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order”, p.51, Penguin Books India

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• Islam's borders are bloody and so are its innards. The fundamental problem for the West is not Islamic fundamentalism. It is Islam, a different civilisation whose people are convinced of the superiority of their culture and are obsessed with the inferiority of their power.

  Samuel P. Huntington

  Islamic, People, Culture

  "American Islamophobia: Understanding the Roots and Rise of Fear". Book by Khaled A. Beydoun, April 3, 2018.

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• It is my hypothesis that the fundamental source of conflict in this new [post-Cold-War] world will not be primarily ideological or primarily economic. The great divisions among humankind and the dominating source of conflict will be cultural. Nation states will remain the most powerful actors in world affairs, but the principal conflicts of global politics will occur between nations and groups of different civilizations. The clash of civilizations will dominate global politics. The fault lines between civilizations will be the battle lines of the future.

  Samuel P. Huntington

  Powerful, War, Civilization

  "The Clash of Civilizations?". Foreign Affairs, www.foreignaffairs.com. Summer 1993.

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• Power remains strong when it remains in the dark; exposed to the sunlight it begins to evaporate.

  Samuel P. Huntington

  Strong, Dark, Sunlight

  Samuel P. Huntington (1981). “American Politics: The Promise of Disharmony”, p.75, Harvard University Press

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• In the coming decades, questions of identity, meaning cultural heritage, language, and religion will play a central role in politics.

  Samuel P. Huntington

  Play, Identity, Roles

  Interview with Amina Chaudary, www.theislamicmonthly.com. 2006.

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• Partial truths or half-truths are often more insidious than total falsehoods.

  Samuel P. Huntington

  Half, Insidious, Partial Truth

  Samuel P. Huntington (2004). “Who are We?: The Challenges to America's National Identity”, p.37, Simon and Schuster

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• Critics say that America is a lie because its reality falls so far short of its ideals. They are wrong. America is not a lie; it is a disappointment. But it can be a disappointment only because it is also a hope.

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  Disappointment, Lying, Fall

  Samuel P. Huntington (1981). “American Politics: The Promise of Disharmony”, p.262, Harvard University Press

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• Democracy is premised, in some measure, on majority rule, and democracy is difficult in a situation of concentrated inequalities in which a large, impoverished majority confronts a small, wealthy oligarchy.

  Samuel P. Huntington

  Majority Rule, Democracy, Oligarchy

  Samuel P. Huntington (2012). “The Third Wave: Democratization in the Late 20th Century”, p.66, University of Oklahoma Press

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• In the emerging world of ethnic conflict and civilizational clash, Western belief in the universality of Western culture suffers three problems: it is false; it is immoral; and it is dangerous.

  Samuel P. Huntington

  Suffering, Culture, World

  Samuel P. Huntington (1997). “The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order”, p.310, Penguin Books India

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• Expectations should not always be taken as reality; because you never know when you will be disappointed.

  Samuel P. Huntington

  Taken, Reality, Expectations

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• Every civilization sees itself as the center of the world and writes its history as the central drama of human history.

  Samuel P. Huntington

  Drama, Writing, Civilization

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• These transnationalists have little need for national loyalty, view national boundaries as obstacles that thankfully are vanishing, and see national governments as residues from the past whose only useful function is to facilitate the elite's global operations

  Samuel P. Huntington

  Loyalty, Past, Government

  Samuel P. Huntington (2004). “Who are We?: The Challenges to America's National Identity”, p.268, Simon and Schuster

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• Many more people in the world are concerned about sports than human rights.

  Samuel P. Huntington

  Sports, Rights, People

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• But then I came to the conclusion that no, while there may be an immigration problem, it isn't really a serious problem. The really serious problem is assimilation.

  Samuel P. Huntington

  Immigration, May, Serious

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• 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

  Years, Islam, Doe

  Samuel P. Huntington (1997). “The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order”, p.209, Penguin Books India

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• The question really is what will be the central focus of global politics in the coming decades and my argument is that cultural identities and cultural antagonisms and affiliations will play not the only role but a major role.

  Samuel P. Huntington

  Play, Focus, Identity

  Interview With Amina Chaudary, www.theislamicmonthly.com. June 17, 2012.

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• 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

  Civilization, Aggravation, Long

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• Nationalism is a central ideology for people who are trying to establish their own states in which they can play a dominant role.

  Samuel P. Huntington

  Play, People, Trying

  Interview With Amina Chaudary, www.theislamicmonthly.com. June 17, 2012.

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• Cultural America is under siege. And as the Soviet experience illustrates, ideology is a weak glue to hold together people otherwise lacking racial, ethnic, and cultural sources of community.

  Samuel P. Huntington

  America, People, Community

  Samuel P. Huntington (2005). “Who Are We?: The Challenges to America's National Identity”, Simon & Schuster

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• Religiosity distinguishes America from most other Western societies. Americans are also overwhelmingly Christian, which distinguishes them from many non-Western peoples. Their religiosity leads Americans to see the world in terms of good and evil to a much greater extent than most other peoples.

  Samuel P. Huntington

  Christian, America, Evil

  Samuel P. Huntington (2004). “Who are We?: The Challenges to America's National Identity”, p.365, Simon and Schuster

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• Global politics remains extremely complex and countries have different interests, which will also lead them to make what might seem as rather bizarre friends and allies.

  Samuel P. Huntington

  Country, Allies, Different

  Interview With Amina Chaudary, www.theislamicmonthly.com. June 17, 2012.

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• The argument now that the spread of pop culture and consumer goods around the world represents the triumph of Western civilization trivializes Western culture. The essence of Western civilization is the Magna Carta, not the Magna Mac. The fact that non-Westerners may bite into the latter has no implications for their accepting the former.

  Samuel P. Huntington

  Essence, Civilization, Culture

  Samuel P. Huntington (1997). “The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order”, p.58, Penguin Books India

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• The relations between countries in the coming decade are most likely to reflect their cultural commitments, their cultural ties and antagonism with other countries.

  Samuel P. Huntington

  Country, Commitment, Ties

  Interview With Amina Chaudary, www.theislamicmonthly.com. June 17, 2012.

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• The colonial experience all Muslim countrieswent through may be a factor in the fight against Western domination, British, French or whatever. They were until recently largely rural societies with land owning governing elites in most of them. I think they are certainly moving toward urbanization and much more pluralistic political systems. In almost every Muslim country, that is occurring. Obviously they are increasing their involvement with non-Muslim societies. One peak aspect of this, of course, is the migration of Muslims into Europe.

  Samuel P. Huntington

  Country, Moving, Fighting

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• I don't think that the Israeli lobby is unique. It may differ from the others in the extent by which it is focused on just one issue, which is the survival of Israel, which is understandable, and promoting Israeli development and aid to Israel, and so forth and so on.

  Samuel P. Huntington

  Unique, Thinking, Israel

  Interview with Amina Chaudary, www.theislamicmonthly.com. 2006.

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