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> [Clearly, a civilization that feels guilty for everything it is and does will lack the energy and conviction to defend itself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-francois-revel/clearly-a-civilization-that-feels-guilty-for-everything-it-is-and/)

[Jean Francois Revel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-francois-revel/)

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## More by Jean Francois Revel

> [To totalitarianism, an opponent is by definition subversive; democracy treats subversives as mere opponents for fear of betraying its principles.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-francois-revel/to-totalitarianism-an-opponent-is-by-definition-subversive-democracy/)

[Jean Francois Revel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-francois-revel/)

> [In Europe, anti-Americanism is much more a hobgoblin of the political, cultural, and religious elites.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-francois-revel/in-europe-anti-americanism-is-much-more-a-hobgoblin-of-the-political/)

[Jean Francois Revel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-francois-revel/)

> [Clearly, a civilization that feels guilty for everything it is and does will lack the energy and conviction to defend itself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-francois-revel/clearly-a-civilization-that-feels-guilty-for-everything-it-is-and/)

[Jean Francois Revel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-francois-revel/)

> [Democracy tends to ignore, even deny, threats to its existence because it loathes doing what is needed to counter them," explained Revel. "It awakens…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-francois-revel/democracy-tends-to-ignore-even-deny-threats-to-its-existence-because/)

[Jean Francois Revel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-francois-revel/)

> [The totalitarian phenomenon is not to be understood without making an allowance for the thesis that some important part of every society consists of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-francois-revel/the-totalitarian-phenomenon-is-not-to-be-understood-without-making-an/)

[Jean Francois Revel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-francois-revel/)

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