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> [Did either the nonexistent or the measured response after a series of attacks on Americans the past decade - in Lebanon, Africa, Saudi Arabia, New York, and Yemen - suggest to our terrorist enemies that it was wrong and unwise…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-davis-hanson/did-either-the-nonexistent-or-the-measured-response-after-a-series-of/)

[Victor Davis Hanson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-davis-hanson/)

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## More by Victor Davis Hanson

> [I wish I could attribute the absence of any conventional Arab offensive in the last 20 years to a change of political climate or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-davis-hanson/i-wish-i-could-attribute-the-absence-of-any-conventional-arab/)

[Victor Davis Hanson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-davis-hanson/)

> [Offering 'comprehensive' reform usually means years of arguing and horse-trading among pressure groups to get anything done. By the time all the special interests…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-davis-hanson/offering-comprehensive-reform-usually-means-years-of-arguing-and/)

[Victor Davis Hanson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-davis-hanson/)

> [Often, the pretexts for starting a war are not real shortages of land, food or fuel, but rather perceptions - like fear, honor and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-davis-hanson/often-the-pretexts-for-starting-a-war-are-not-real-shortages-of-land/)

[Victor Davis Hanson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-davis-hanson/)

> [I see a continuation of the populist outrage that prompted the Brexit and sparked the Bernie Sanders campaign.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-davis-hanson/i-see-a-continuation-of-the-populist-outrage-that-prompted-the-brexit/)

[Victor Davis Hanson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-davis-hanson/)

> [States are like people. They do not question the awful status quo until some dramatic event overturns the conventional and lax way of thinking.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-davis-hanson/states-are-like-people-they-do-not-question-the-awful-status-quo/)

[Victor Davis Hanson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-davis-hanson/)

> [“Nicholas Monsarrat’s epic postwar novel of the Battle of the Atlantic, The Cruel Sea, is a quite different, nightmarish elemental story of men at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-davis-hanson/nicholas-monsarrat-s-epic-postwar-novel-of-the-battle-of-the-atlantic/)

[Victor Davis Hanson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-davis-hanson/)

> [The wisdom and spirit of Churchill not only saved Britain from the Third Reich but saved Western civilization from a Nazi Dark Ages when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-davis-hanson/the-wisdom-and-spirit-of-churchill-not-only-saved-britain-from-the/)

[Victor Davis Hanson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-davis-hanson/)

> [For all the criticism about warlords, it is now likely that Afghanistan will never again be turned over to al Qaeda to train thousands…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-davis-hanson/for-all-the-criticism-about-warlords-it-is-now-likely-that/)

[Victor Davis Hanson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-davis-hanson/)

> [The columnist like myself or people at Stanford University don't wake up in the morning and see their job outsourced. Yet we promote free…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-davis-hanson/the-columnist-like-myself-or-people-at-stanford-university-don-t-wake/)

[Victor Davis Hanson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-davis-hanson/)

> [A country that cannot count its own illegal aliens - estimates range from 8-12 million - with a porous 2,000 mile border is not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-davis-hanson/a-country-that-cannot-count-its-own-illegal-aliens-estimates-range/)

[Victor Davis Hanson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-davis-hanson/)

> [“Japan would live and die by the race card—defining (and demonizing) America as “white” and thus Japan as a kindred but clearly superior “yellow”…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-davis-hanson/japan-would-live-and-die-by-the-race-card-defining-and-demonizing/)

[Victor Davis Hanson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-davis-hanson/)

> [The gradual decline of a society is often a self-induced process of trying to meet ever-expanding appetites, rather than a physical inability to produce…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-davis-hanson/the-gradual-decline-of-a-society-is-often-a-self-induced-process-of/)

[Victor Davis Hanson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-davis-hanson/)

> [Western elites - the beneficiaries of 60 years of peace and prosperity achieved by the sacrifices to defeat fascism and Communism - are unhappy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-davis-hanson/western-elites-the-beneficiaries-of-60-years-of-peace-and-prosperity/)

[Victor Davis Hanson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-davis-hanson/)

> [Can-do Americans courageously go about their duty in Iraq - mostly unafraid that a culture of 2,000 years, the reality of geography, the sheer…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-davis-hanson/can-do-americans-courageously-go-about-their-duty-in-iraq-mostly/)

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> [I think there's a group of students - whether it's the micro-aggression or the safe space or the trigger warning that garner a lot…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-davis-hanson/i-think-there-s-a-group-of-students-whether-it-s-the-micro-aggression/)

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